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926. Touching Your Phone in the Middle of Prepping Dinner

May 11, 2026 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from touching your phone in the middle of prepping dinner.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

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  • The role of mobile phones as a possible pathway for pathogen movement, a cross-sectional microbial analysis - ScienceDirect
  • A pilot metagenomic study reveals that community derived mobile phones are reservoirs of viable pathogenic microbes | Scientific Reports
  • The potential role of mobile phones in the spread of bacterial infections | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • ESKAPE - Wikipedia
May 11, 2026 /Don Schaffner
Phone, Cross-contamination
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