Stethoscope: a friend or an enemy?
CONTEXT: The stethoscope is a universal tool in the hospital that is in direct contact with many patients and can therefore be a vector in the dissemination of bacterial infections. OBJECTIVE: To research the presence of bacteria, fungi and yeast on the stethoscope diaphragm and the resistance of ba...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
2002-01-01
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| Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802002000100004&lng=en&tlng=en |