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Comparison of Effectiveness of 70%-isopropanol, 65%-ethanol and 1%-chlorhexidine for Stethoscope Decontamination

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020
Stethoscopes are potential vector for health care associated infections worldwide. Ethyl alcohol (EA), isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and chlorhexidine (CH) are widely used for disinfecting stethoscope, however, comparative analysis of these disinfectants are ...
Sheetal Gouda, Jeevika Mattoo, Swapna Kotian, Sneha Kukanur F., Naveen G.   +4 more
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Artificial Intelligence Approach to the Monitoring of Respiratory Sounds in Asthmatic Patients

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background: Effective and reliable monitoring of asthma at home is a relevant factor that may reduce the need to consult a doctor in person.Aim: We analyzed the possibility to determine intensities of pathological breath phenomena based on artificial ...
Honorata Hafke-Dys, Honorata Hafke-Dys, Barbara Kuźnar-Kamińska, Tomasz Grzywalski, Adam Maciaszek, Krzysztof Szarzyński, Jędrzej Kociński, Jędrzej Kociński   +7 more
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Stethoscope barriers narrative review; It's time for a strategy unfriendly to multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs)

Journal of Infection and Public Health
The current standard of stethoscope hygiene doesn’t eliminate the transmission of harmful pathogens, including multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs). In the era of the increasing prevalence of MDRO infections, the use of new systems providing touch free
W. Frank Peacock, Abhay Dhand, Nancy M. Albert, Zainab Shahid, Alfred Luk, Kathleen Vollman, Reagan B. Schoppelrey, Cynthia Cadwell, Sanjeet Dadwal, Alpesh N. Amin, Francesca J. Torriani   +10 more
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Bacterial contamination of stethoscopes used by health workers: public health implications

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Background: This study was designed to assess both the potential for bacterial transmission by stethoscopes used by health-care workers in Nigeria and the implications for patient safety and control of hospital-acquired infections.
Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Annayo Ogbonna, Patrick G Oyibo, Christian M Onu   +3 more
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AN IMPROVED STETHOSCOPE. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1911
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Stethoscope disinfection campaign in a Nigerian teaching hospital:results of a before-and-after study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: This study aimed to assess the impact of a stethoscope disinfection sensitization campaign among doctors and nurses in a Nigerian teaching hospital. Methodology: The design was a before-and-after study.
Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Chinwendu Daniel Ndukwe, Kingsley Onuora Nwakpu, Richard C Nnabu, Cletus Duhu Ugwuoru, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier   +5 more
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Design and Realization of MEMS Heart Sound Sensor with Concave, Racket-Shaped Cilium

Biosensors, 2022
The biomedical acoustic signal plays an important role in clinical non-invasive diagnosis. In view of the deficiencies in early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, acoustic properties of S1 and S2 heart sounds are utilized. In this paper, we propose an
Yuhua Yang, Bo Wang, Jiangong Cui, Guojun Zhang, Renxin Wang, Wendong Zhang, Changde He, Yirui Li, Pengcheng Shi, Shuotong Wang   +9 more
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Flexible wearable electronics for cardiovascular monitoring from surface signals to deep physiological insights

FlexMat, EarlyView.
This review organizes flexible wearable electronics for cardiovascular monitoring into four interconnected information layers: surface electrophysiology, hemodynamic sensing, vascular imaging, and biofluid biomarker analysis. This framework clarifies how electrical rhythm, vascular loading, structural and flow‐related features, and biochemical states ...
Qiao Chen, Hongwen Chen, Yuanyuan Li, Pingan Yang, Rui Li, Zhihao Zhou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A NEW STETHOSCOPE. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1921
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openaire   +2 more sources

Study to Assess the Risk of Transmission of Microbial Organisms and their Resistance Pattern on Dresses and Stethoscopes of Health Care Workers

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021
The main objective of the study was to find out the contamination of different types of microbial organisms and their resistance pattern on the dresses and stethoscopes of the health care workers in order to evaluate the risk of transmission of microbial
E. Nivedhitha, M. Duraivel, K.K. Kayalvili, S. Arul Selvan   +3 more
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