Use of 90% ethanol to decontaminate stethoscopes in resource limited settings

BACKGROUND: In developing countries like Nepal, 90% ethanol is cheap and is available in most hospitals. The unavailability of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) in these settings led us to compare the efficacy between 90% ethanol and isopropyl alcohol pads in reducing the bacterial contamination of diaphragm...

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Autores principales: Raghubanshi, Bijendra Raj, Sapkota, Supriya, Adhikari, Arjab, Dutta, Aman, Bhattarai, Utsuk, Bhandari, Rastriyata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28638595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0224-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28638595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0224-x

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