Stethoscopes and health care-associated infection

Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Mar;89(3):277-80. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014.

Author

Dennis G Maki¹

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Electronic address: dgmaki@medicine.wisc.edu.

PMID: 24582185
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteria, Aerobic / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / transmission*
Equipment Contamination*
Female
Hand / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Physical Examination*
Stethoscopes / microbiology*