Are Stethoscopes, Coats, and Pagers Potential Sources of Healthcare Associated Infections?

• প্রধান লেখক: Harbir S. Arora MD (লেখক), Deepak Kamat MD, PhD (লেখক), Swati Choudhry MD (লেখক), Basim I. Asmar MD (লেখক), Nahed Abdel-Haq MD (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: SAGE Publishing, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
• অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: Connect to this object online.

We conducted a study to determine the rate of bacterial colonization of stethoscopes, coats, and pagers of residents at a pediatric residency training program as compared to that of badges, sleeves, and pagers of non-patient care staff (control group). Among 213 cultures obtained from 71 residents,...