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Fingerprint Biometric System Hygiene and the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission

Fingerprint Biometric System Hygiene and the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission

Given their ability to retain microorganisms and germs, contaminated fingerprint scanner surfaces can become secondary reservoirs of infection that can in turn cross-contaminate food or water through hands or objects that come in contact with them [21]. Microorganisms, including pathogens [22], can potentially be transmitted from animate sources to inanimate environmental sources through disease-carrying objects (fomites) or materials.

Kenneth Okereafor, Iniobong Ekong, Ini Okon Markson, Kingsley Enwere

JMIR Biomed Eng 2020;5(1):e19623