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Editorial

. 2014 Mar;89(3):277-80.

doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014.

Stethoscopes and health care-associated infection

Dennis G Maki¹

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¹ Divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Electronic address: dgmaki@medicine.wisc.edu.

PMID: 24582185
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014

Editorial

Stethoscopes and health care-associated infection

Dennis G Maki. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;89(3):277-80.

doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014.

Author

Dennis G Maki¹

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Electronic address: dgmaki@medicine.wisc.edu.

PMID: 24582185
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.014

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Contamination of stethoscopes and physicians' hands after a physical examination.
Longtin Y, Schneider A, Tschopp C, Renzi G, Gayet-Ageron A, Schrenzel J, Pittet D. Longtin Y, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Mar;89(3):291-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.11.016. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014. PMID: 24582188 Clinical Trial.

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