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Cleaning a standard stethoscope properly in order to ensure it is antimicrobial can take up to 24-hours. tone™ stethoscopes need no additional disinfecting to ensure microbial protection.
Physicians’ Stethoscopes are More Contaminated Than Their Hands
Because stethoscopes are used repeatedly over the course of a day, and come directly into contact with patients’ skin, they can harbor several thousands of bacteria.
The world’s first (and only) antimicrobial stethoscope, tone™ protects patients from infection, and facilities and healthcare workers from the risk of causing unintended contamination.
A baseline study was conducted at a 150 bed hospital. 95 stethoscopes were cultured and tested with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay prior to being treated with MicrobeCare™.
of untreated stethoscopes were culture-positive with heavy bacterial contamination.
reduction in average ATP scores 90-days after a single application of MicrobeCare™. (initial avg. 398 RLU, post avg. 39 RLU).
more contamination on untreated stethoscopes than stethoscopes treated with MicrobeCare™ 90-days after treatment.
36% of treated stethoscopes were culture-negative 90-days after a single application of MicrobeCare™.
Read more about MicrobeCare™ in the American Journal of Infection Control
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