Point-prevalence of contamination of healthcare workers' stethoscopes with vancomycin-resistant enterococci at two teaching hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Dec;21(12):756. doi: 10.1086/503244.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection
  • Data Collection
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
  • Equipment Contamination*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / transmission*
  • Health Personnel
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
  • Prevalence
  • Stethoscopes / microbiology*
  • Vancomycin Resistance*