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  • Title: Bacterial colonization of wristwatches worn by health care personnel.
    Author: Bhusal Y, Laza S, Lane TW, Schultz K, Hansen C.
    Journal: Am J Infect Control; 2009 Aug; 37(6):476-7. PubMed ID: 19243858.
    Abstract:
    We examined bacterial colonization of wristwatches worn by 100 health care personnel in a community-teaching hospital. Seventy-eight percent of the wristwatches were colonized with bacterial skin flora, with only 1 of the 100 watches growing a potential pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus. Watches are unlikely to be sources of health-care associated pathogens.
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