This research investigates the microbial contamination associated with mobile phones of
Quinnipiac University students and the roleof mobile phones play as a fomite. Investigates the
presence of four bacterial species including Staphylococcus ,Streptococcus, Proteus mirabilis and
Escherichia coli on mobile phones. Mobile phones are easily contaminated with pathogenic bacteria
and could be vehicles of transmission. The main objective of this study was to compare the
contamination rate of mobile phones with pathogenic bacteria between health science and non-health
science student’s mobile phones. A fomite is an object that can carry microbes, which infect people
and increase the incidence and the prevalence of the diseases. Mobile phones come in close contact
with the body and serve as a ready surface for colonization. The goal of this study is to qualitatively
and quantitatively investigate bacterial contamination of mobile phones. Cells phones from a variety
of people were swabbed for bacterial culture. The level and type of bacterial contaminations were
compared amongst health science students vs. non-health science students in an attempt to determine
if the health science majors disinfect their phones more frequently because of their awareness of the
role of fomites in the disease transmission. To determine the most prevalent type of bacteria in the
cell phones, the high-risk group of the contamination, and analysis any associations between the
students major and the level of the cell phone contamination