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cord-319208-jrxz59bb	Ting, Chun Yi	Are identity badges and lanyards in pediatrics potentially contaminated with viral pathogens?	2015-11-01		.txt	text/plain	2011	113	47	Identity (ID) badges and lanyards worn by pediatric health care workers (HCWs) have been shown to be potential vectors of nosocomial bacterial infections. This cross-sectional study determined the contamination of ID badges and lanyards worn by pediatric HCWs with common respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. The results showed that ID badges and lanyards are not significantly contaminated with common respiratory or gastrointestinal viruses and are unlikely to be a significant vector for nosocomial infection. The principal aim of this study was to determine the contamination rates of ID badges and lanyards worn by pediatric HCWs with common respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses to evaluate their potential as vectors for both nosocomial and patient-topatient transmission of viruses. HCW ID samples were tested for respiratory viruses using viral PCR technique after an automated DNA-RNA extraction procedure, an identical process to routine clinical samples collected from pediatric patients.	./cache/cord-319208-jrxz59bb.txt	./txt/cord-319208-jrxz59bb.txt