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1156. Observation of Stethoscope Sanitation Practices in an Emergency Department Setting

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infections pose significant risk to patients and hygienic standards may be easily overlooked, especially in fast-paced emergency department settings. Studies have shown that stethoscopes can harbor pathogens, which can be transferred to patients when proper sanitary measures a...

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Autores principales: Vasudevan, Rajiv, Mojaver, Sean, Chang, Kay-Won, Maisel, Alan, Sedighi, Romteen, Chowdhury, Punam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255021/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.989