Use of Disposable Stethoscope Covers for Reduction of Stethoscope MRSA Contamination



Status:Recruiting
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:7/28/2018
Start Date:June 8, 2018
End Date:June 2019
Contact:Audrey Renson
Email:Audrey.Renson@nyumc.org
Phone:212 263 0371

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This is a prospective pilot study using a randomized, controlled, single blinded, crossover
trial design, evaluating the effect of daily antimicrobial stethoscope diaphragm covers
versus uncovered stethoscope. Stethoscopes will be cleaned Sani-cloth germicidal disposable
wipes which are effective against MRSA. Each participant will then be randomly assigned to 7
days in either the intervention or the control arm. At the end of the 7 days participants
stethoscopes will be cleaned again. This will be followed by another 7 days in the arm that
they are not in during the first 7 days.

The primary endpoint is MRSA colony count from stethoscope diaphragms cultures at 7 days,
focusing on the difference between the intervention and the control periods. The secondary
endpoint is the rate of hospital acquired MRSA infection in patients treated by residents
during each period.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Internal Medicine Residents

Exclusion Criteria:
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