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Stethoscope Hygiene - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 15th Dec, 2018 - 2:19am
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Stethoscopes carried by doctors
Post Date: 21st Jul, 2017 - 2:43am / Post ID: #
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Stethoscope Hygiene
Failures in stethoscope hygiene can lead to patient infections. You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to clean ... Or wipe ... Or swab a stethoscope? That's the question raised by a new quality improvement project. It is the latest report to find that healthcare providers rarely perform stethoscope hygiene between patient encounters, despite its importance for infection prevention. Source 8w.
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Post Date: 15th Dec, 2018 - 1:16am / Post ID: #
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Hygiene Stethoscope
DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus. Stethoscopes carried by health care practitioners are loaded with diverse bacteria, including some that can cause healthcare-associated infections, according to a study. The research also reviewed the effectiveness of cleaning methods, finding a standardized approach to be superior for removing bacteria compared with various approaches employed by health care practitioners. Source 4g.
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