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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...
Autores principales: | Vasudevan, Rajiv, Mojaver, Sean, Chang, Kay-Won, Maisel, Alan, Sedighi, Romteen, Chowdhury, Punam |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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