How clean are our stethoscopes and do we need to clean them?
Bandi
Srinivas
S
Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich B71 4HJ, UK. seenu_dr@hotmail.com
Uddin
Luthfunnesa
L
Milward
Kathryn
K
Aliyu
Sani
S
Makwana
Niten
N
D000362:Agar; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003470:Culture Media; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D019023:Stethoscopes / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar