Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the stethoscopes of emergency medical services providers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-74

  Merlin, Mark A ^a   Wong, Matthew L ^a   Pryor, Peter W ^a   Rynn, Kevin ^b   Marques Baptista, Andreia ^a   Perritt, Rachael ^b   Stanescu, Catherine G ^a   Fallon, Timothy ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus; Stethoscopes

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 61649116399     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802471972     Document Type: Article

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