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Are Stethoscopes, Coats, and Pagers Potential Sources of Healthcare Associated Infections?

We conducted a study to determine the rate of bacterial colonization of stethoscopes, coats, and pagers of residents at a pediatric residency training program as compared to that of badges, sleeves, and pagers of non-patient care staff (control group). Among 213 cultures obtained from 71 residents,...

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Autores principales: Arora, Harbir S., Kamat, Deepak, Choudhry, Swati, Asmar, Basim I., Abdel-Haq, Nahed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7604979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33195748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X20969285