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 ...

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...

Doctors’ stethoscopes are filled with bacteria and cleaning methods aren’t very effective, according to a study on DNA. The study analyzed 40 stethoscopes in a hospital intensive care unit and used ...

Highest levels of contamination on practitioner stethoscopes, those in patient rooms. HealthDay News — Stethoscopes in the intensive care unit (ICU) have high levels of bacterial contamination, ...

For all the advances in medical diagnostics made over the last two centuries of modern medicine, from the ability to peer deep inside the body with the help of superconducting magnets to harnessing ...