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STAGE 1<br />
• This stage of the research was a quantitative study, to<br />
test the assumptions of the current literature that relates<br />
to the determination of mobile phone contamination<br />
levels.<br />
• This has been completed and analysis of the data has<br />
been published*.<br />
• Convenience sampling of students’ mobile phones was<br />
carried out between March and November 2009.<br />
• Devices used by two different cohorts of students were<br />
sampled, one group (nine devices) on six occasions,<br />
the other (seven devices) three times, with a period of<br />
use between each sampling activity.<br />
• Ethical approval was obtained from SREP prior to<br />
commencement.<br />
* White, S., Topping, A., Humphreys, P., Rout, S. and Williamson, H. (2012) ‘The cross-contamination<br />
potential of mobile telephones’ Journal of Research in Nursing , 17 (6), pp. 582-595. ISSN 1744-9871
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