A Microbiological researched on the contaction public phones

A MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCHED ON THE CONTACT ION PUBLIC PHONES (A Master Thesis) Serpil COL SEN GAZ.Î 0NIVER5TITY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Mart 1 ?'9 1 ABSTRACT This research has been done mainly to search for importance of telephone in the microbiological contact i on. Total hundred arid seventy two sample has been colected from mechanical head, pieces of public telephones which have been localed in different regions of Ankara Microbiological and biachemical tests are done on these samples. The microorganisms that has developed are examined recording their types and pathojenity. As the result of ourscientif ic research. Statistically it is found that there is no significant difference between the contamination proportion taken from the mouth and ear pieces. Also there isno significant difference between the species and frequency of bacteries with the months. We can search for that these microorganisms obtained from public telephones have a large spectrum of types and. potential pathogenity. 1 1