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BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF STETHOSCOPES
BACKGROUND: A stethoscope, an essential tool of the medical profession, can become a source of nosocomial infection. OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of bacterial contamination of stethoscopes as well as the practices used for cleaning them. METHODS: Cultures were taken from 100 stethoscopes us...
Autores principales: | Bukharie, Huda A., Al-Zahrani, Hussain, Rubaish, Abdullah M., Abdulmohsen, Mohammed F. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2004
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012043 |
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