Article ; Online: Stethoscopes or Maybe "Bacterioscopes" - Is hand Hygiene Solely Capable of Preventing Hospital-Associated Infections?
Polish journal of microbiology
2023 Volume 72, Issue 1, Page(s) 79–91
Abstract: The stethoscope remains an indispensable diagnostic tool for medical students. Improper stethoscope hygiene may cause bacterial infections, including hospital-associated infections (HAIs), which challenge the Polish medical system. The study's main ... ...
| Abstract | The stethoscope remains an indispensable diagnostic tool for medical students. Improper stethoscope hygiene may cause bacterial infections, including hospital-associated infections (HAIs), which challenge the Polish medical system. The study's main objective was to evaluate the hygiene habits declared by medical students. Moreover, microbiological control with the characteristics of potentially pathogenic microorganisms was performed. The study included 66 medical students from the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow, Poland. The participants filled in an anonymous questionnaire. Stethoscope contamination was assessed through isolation, identification, testing of antibiotic resistance, and clonality of the isolates bacterial pathogens. The survey showed that only 30.3% of students cleaned their stethoscopes after each patient, and 1.5% never did this. Of the 66 stethoscopes tested, 100% were positive for bacterial growth. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Stethoscopes/microbiology ; Hand Hygiene ; Cross Infection/prevention & control ; Cross Infection/microbiology ; Bacteria ; Hospitals ; Equipment Contamination/prevention & control |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-03-24 |
| Publishing country | Poland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2234080-4 |
| ISSN | 2544-4646 ; 1733-1331 |
| ISSN (online) | 2544-4646 |
| ISSN | 1733-1331 |
| DOI | 10.33073/pjm-2023-012 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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