Potential Infection Hazards of Stethoscopes

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 368-370

  Sood, Poonam ^a   Mishra, Bibhabati ^a   Mandal, Anandita ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Infection; S aureus; Stethoscopes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STETHOSCOPE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 0034218219     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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