A new normal for the clinician's third hand: Stethoscope hygiene and infection prevention

Am J Infect Control. 2023 Jan;51(1):114-118. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Nov 7.

¹ Research Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: frankpeacock@gmail.com.
² Clinical Virology Research Department of ID/IC/EH UT MD, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UT School of Public Health, Houston, TX; Medicine Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
³ Infection Prevention and Clinical Epidemiology and Tuberculosis Control UC San Diego Health, Clinical Division of ID And Global Health at UC San Diego San Diego, CA.
⁴ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, NY.
⁵ City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA.

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Keywords: Infection control; Noscomial infections; Stethoscope hygiene.

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