A Germy Stethoscope

By Mary Bowerman, USA WEEKEND.  Doctors touch dozens of patients a day and medical standards require them to sanitize after each exam. But what about stethoscopes? A new study in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests the stethoscope should be subject to the same sanitary procedures as doctors’ hands. Lead author Didier Pittet, director of the…...

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