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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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Wireless ECG and PCG Portable Telemedicine Kit for Rural Areas of Colombia

Investigación e Innovación en Ingenierías, 2014
En este artículo se presenta el primer prototipo de dispositivo que mide 4-leads señales fonocardiograma (PCG) electrocardiograma (ECG) y con un bajo costo, alta portabilidad y características de conectividad inalámbrica en mente.
Miguel Jimeno, Yueng De la Hoz, Juan Wilches   +2 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

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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Co‐development of a digital animated video on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with children and parents/carers

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background When receiving an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, children and families/carers need clear and accurate information about the condition in a suitable format. However, many of the available resources are complex or provide content that is not evidence‐based.
Sharifah Shameem Agha, Rhys Bevan‐Jones, Lowri O’Donovan, Sarah‐Jane Bailey, Catrin Hopkins, Anita Thapar, Kate Langley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Stethoscope for Detecting Asthma Wheeze in Young Children

Sensors, 2013
Asthma is a chronic disease that is commonly suffered by children. Asthmatic children have a lower quality of life than other children. Physicians and pediatricians recommend that parents record the frequency of attacks and their symptoms to help manage ...
Chun Yu, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Shi-Ing Huang, Chii-Wann Lin   +3 more
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