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Stethoscope hygiene, workflow, and patient safety: The crux of healthcare-associated infections
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Objective: We evaluated the impressions and perceived workflow consequences following installation of a touch-free aseptic stethoscope barrier dispenser in the clinical environment.
William Peacock +2 more
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Multi-Point Near-Field RF Sensing of Blood Pressures and Heartbeat Dynamics
IEEE Access, 2020 Systolic and diastolic blood pressure estimation using arm-cuff monitors is one of the most common cardiovascular evaluation criteria in healthcare today, however these measures lack critical heartbeat and pressure dynamics.
Xiaonan Hui +2 more
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Stethoscope disinfection is rarely done in Ethiopia: What are the associated factors?
PLoS ONE, 2019 INTRODUCTION:The stethoscope, which is non-critical medical devices and a symbol of healthcare, is likely to be contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms and can play a contributory role in the transmission of hospital-acquired infection.
Biniyam Sahiledengle
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Compliance with hygiene procedures among medical faculty students
Medycyna Pracy, 2014 Background: Many of the healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are transmitted by healthcare workers’ hands, which actively contributes to transferring pathogens from patient to patient and within the healthcare environment. Hand hygiene is the easiest
Anna Kawalec +2 more
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Real-world evaluation of the Stemoscope electronic tele-auscultation system
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2022 Background With the spread of COVID-19, telemedicine has played an important role, but tele-auscultation is still unavailable in most countries. This study introduces and tests a tele-auscultation system (Stemoscope) and compares the concordance of the ...
Muge Fan +7 more
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Medical student’s perception of electronic stethoscope designing and its use as a learning tool [PDF]
Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Introduction: In Indian educational setting, clinical examination is taught to Ist M.B.B.S. students in physiology. In auscultation, generally an acoustic stethoscope available in the market is used. It will be, however, interesting to teach auscultation
Noorin Bhimani, Zaki Shaikh
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Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2018 : Objective: The objective of the study was to identify “implications” of guidelines provided to participants at the end of a survey for improvement in stethoscope hygiene. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was conducted from January to March 2016 in
Khalid Ahmed +3 more
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A Bionic MEMS Electronic Stethoscope With Double-Sided Diaphragm Packaging
IEEE Access, 2021 In this paper, an electronic stethoscope is designed based on a bionic Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sound-sensitive sensor. Inspired by the strong sound reflection effect of the water-air interface, a double-sided diaphragm MEMS electronic ...
Sicun Duan +5 more
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Description of the usefulness and ease of use wireless stethoscope for auscultation: A pilot study
Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan Indonesia, 2023 Background: A stethoscope is an acoustic medical device commonly utilized for listening to internal sounds in the human body. Since its invention, the stethoscope has undergone several transformative improvements, including the introduction of electronic
Ricky Prawira +3 more
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JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021 BackgroundChest examination by auscultation is essential in patients with COVID-19, especially those with poor respiratory conditions, such as severe pneumonia and respiratory dysfunction, and intensive cases who are intubated and whose breathing is ...
Yang, Chuan +9 more
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