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Stethoscope as potential occupational hazards for intra hospital carries of pathogenic microorganisms

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2019
Background: The stethoscope is a tool that doctors use daily in the examination of patients and  it  can take part in the transmission of health care-associated infections.
Ali Abd Ali sahb
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A clinical study to evaluate the safe and effective use of a new, single use stethoscope cover to enable reduction in pathogen transmission during auscultation

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
ObjectivesStethoscopes carry a significant risk for pathogen transmission. Here, the safe use and performance of a new, non-sterile, single-use stethoscope cover (SC), that is impermeable for pathogens, was investigated by different healthcare ...
Timo Z. Nazari-Shafti, Timo Z. Nazari-Shafti, Timo Z. Nazari-Shafti, Heike Meyborg, Heike Meyborg, Jasper Iske, Jasper Iske, Jasper Iske, Maximilian Schloss, Fabian Seeber, Aljona Friedrich, Vasileios Exarchos, Vasileios Exarchos, Anja Richter, Anja Richter, Volkmar Falk, Volkmar Falk, Volkmar Falk, Maximilian Y. Emmert, Maximilian Y. Emmert   +19 more
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Where do hands go? An audit of sequential hand-touch events on a hospital ward [PDF]

, 2012
Reservoirs of pathogens could establish themselves at forgotten sites on a ward, posing a continued risk for transmission to patients via unwashed hands.
Dancer, S.J., Robertson, Christopher, Smith, S.J., Young, V.   +3 more
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Air embolism secondary to suspected lymphatic tissue disruption with severe exercise‐induced pulmonary haemorrhage

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Air embolism is rare in horses and typically associated with complications following intravenous catheterisation or other medical procedures. Exercise‐induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) is common in racehorses but not usually associated with air embolism. This report describes a case of air embolism in a 4‐year‐old Thoroughbred with EIPH. The
J. Wittenberg, K. Drozdzewska, K. Landmann, A. Voß, K. Kunze, D. Rutenberg, A. D. Gruber, H. Gehlen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cylindrical Tube Stethoscopes: The Value of Practical Equipment in the Management of Patients with Infectious Diseases

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Jian Zhu,1,* Chuan-Yang Jiang,2,* Bin Huang,3,* Ji-Min Hu,4 Si-Zhen Fang,5 Ke Huang,1 Yan-Hong Gao,6 Jiao Yu7 1Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of People’s Liberation Army, Wuhan ...
Zhu J, Jiang CY, Huang B, Hu JM, Fang SZ, Huang K, Gao YH, Yu J   +7 more
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Bacteriological assessment of stethoscopes used by healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre of Nepal

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective Stethoscope is a medical device universally used by health care workers. Stethoscope may transmit pathogens among patients and health care workers if it is not disinfected.
Sangita Thapa, Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota
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A Concept Analysis of Expertise Associated With Practicing Clinical Nurses in Hospital Settings

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Analyse the concept of expertise among practicing clinical nurses in hospital settings. Background The generational loss of expert clinical nurses was exacerbated globally by the novel coronavirus. This ongoing loss combined with the increased complexity of hospitalised patients has prompted an urgent need to understand expertise among ...
Jonathan D. Hecht, Elizabeth M. Heitkemper, Valerie Danesh, Angela P. Clark, Linda H. Yoder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Different faces of the stethoscope: history, usefulness, evolution, contamination, and disinfection practices

Studia Medyczne
A stethoscope is a tool mainly used by physicians of various specialties in their daily work. Over the centuries, newer designs of this diagnostic tool have been improved and developed.
Dorota Ochońska, Monika Brzychczy-Włoch, Katarzyna Talaga-Ćwiertnia   +2 more
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Compliance with focused antenatal care services: do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud To assess health workers' compliance with the procedures set in the focused antenatal care (ANC) guidelines in rural Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso; to compare the compliance within and among the three study sites; and to appraise the logistic
Anya, Bhatia, Bloom, Boller, Brabin, Campbell, Carroli, Coetzee, Duley, Gloyd, Hogan, Idowu, Khan, Marchant, McDermott, McDonagh, Meda, Mendoza, Miaffo, Mwaniki, Osungbade, Pandit, Pembe, Rooney, Rosenberg, Sarker, Starrs, Steer, Steer, Urassa, Urassa, Villar, von Both, von Dadelszen, Walsh, Watson-Jones, WHO, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, & The World Bank   +37 more
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Are Simulation Stethoscopes a Useful Adjunct for Emergency Residents' Training on High-Fidelity Mannequins?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Emergency medicine residents use simulation training for many reasons, such as gaining experience with critically ill patients and becoming familiar with disease processes.
Steven J Warrington, Michael S Beeson, Frank L Fire   +2 more
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