Evaluation of stethoscopes as vectors of clostridium difficile and methicillin- resistant staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-98

  Vajravelu, Ravy K ^a   Guerrero, Dubert M ^b   Jury, Lucy A ^c   Donskey, Curtis J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; STETHOSCOPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 84055218771     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663338     Document Type: Article

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