0 a piece of medical equipment that doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs
1 a medical device that allows a doctor to listen to your heart, lungs, or other part of your body
Telemetry-capable devices commonly used in home-based telemedicine include electronic blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes, glucometers, and oximeters.
Results of our study demonstrated that stethoscopes that are utilized in clinical practice on a daily basis carry potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
This is especially relevant in surgical and internal medicine wards, since health care givers in these areas had stethoscopes that were contaminated with these microorganisms.
We did not collect any stethoscope from the same health care worker to avoid duplicate samples.
We believe that poor cleaning of the stethoscope can turn this tool into a vector of infection.
In past iterations of right-to-die dramas one might have expected to see a cover with the scales of justice and a stethoscope.
After the video, children handled medical instruments at practice stations and used a stethoscope, thermometer, and removable cast.
Cervical auscultation uses a stethoscope to audit swallowing and airway activity and classify individuals at risk or not of aspiration/ penetration.
