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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Swabbing of waiting room magazines reveals only low levels of bacterial contamination.
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|---|---|
| Published in |
British Journal of General Practice, January 2005
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| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colin Charnock |
| Abstract |
Previous studies have shown that toys in waiting rooms of general practice surgeries can be contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria. The question was raised as to whether magazines might also be sources of contamination. Swabbing of the front page of 15 magazines from 11 general practice surgeries, followed by analysis for total and specific bacteria, revealed low levels of contamination. Among targeted groups of pathogens only two colonies of Staphylococcus aureus were detected. Magazines do not seem to be potentially important vectors of bacterial transfer in the setting examined. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 45 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 20 | 44% |
| United States | 4 | 9% |
| Australia | 3 | 7% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 28 | 62% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 22% |
| Scientists | 6 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 4 | 36% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 27% |
| Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 1 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 27% |
| Unknown | 1 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 126. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2020.
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#335,969
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Outputs from British Journal of General Practice
#125
of 4,926 outputs
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#510
of 152,415 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of General Practice
#2
of 19 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 4,926 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 19.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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