RESUMEN
1] To determine the rate and type of colonization of a random sample of doctors' mobile phones with nosocomial bacteria in Al-Adan Hospital, 2] Frequency of the practice of using of mobile phones by the doctors while on duty, and 3] To recommend mobile phone disinfection measures based on the study Prospective cross-sectional study Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait Eighty-two doctors from different departments and different positions [seniors and juniors] Microbiological study of doctors' mobile phones Rate and type of colonization of the mobile phones with pathogenic and /or nosocomial organisms Out of 82 mobile phones, 40 [48.78%] were positive for bacterial colonization. While 42 [79.25%] isolates were coagulase negative staphylococci, only five[9.43%] were coagulase positive [S. aureus]. Out of the 42 coagulase negative staphylococci 18 [42.86%] were S. epidermidis. Doctors mobile phones may be colonized with pathogenic bacteria. Controlled studies are required to assess the disinfection methods of mobile phones in hospitals