Though doctors may disinfect their hands to prevent spreading illness, there may be another bacteria-ridden object they have on them that doesn't get the same cleaning treatment: their stethoscopes. A ...

It is an invaluable tool that every medical student must learn to use, but it could end up getting you sick. A new study published in the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of ...

Stethoscopes never get cleaned between patients, new research suggests. In 128 observations between doctors and patients over one week, stethoscopes were never once disinfected, a study found. This is ...

Stethoscopes used in an intensive care unit (ICU) are loaded with bacteria, including those that may be associated with hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), new data show. Moreover, standard cleaning ...

Although health systems have reported a decrease in infections associated with medical devices in recent decades, transmission risk of hospital-acquired infections from environmental surfaces and ...