A prospective, randomised, double-blind study of comparative efficacy of immediate versus daily cleaning of stethoscope using 66% ethyl alcohol

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 423-430

  Parmar, Ramesh C ^a,b   Valvi, Chayya C ^a   Sira, Poonam ^a   Kamat, Jaishree R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

66 ethyl alcohol; Cleaning practices; Efficacy; Stethoscope

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLEANING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STETHOSCOPE;

DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STETHOSCOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9744247655     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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