The stethoscope in the emergency department: A vector of infection?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-237

  Nunez S ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Green, K ^a   Villar, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPANOL;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STETHOSCOPE;

1-PROPANOL; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ETHANOL; SOAPS; SPAIN; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 0343091298     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800003563     Document Type: Article

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