With medical advances and competing devices over the past few decades, “the old stethoscope is kind of falling on hard times in terms of rigorous training,” said Dr. James Thomas, a ...

But that stethoscope draped around the doctor's neck may be loaded with bacteria, too. ... one in every 20 patients has an infection after receiving medical care.

It might look like a simple piece of equipment, but the stethoscope is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools out there and a vital addition to any medical kit. Whether you’re a doctor ...

Over the past decade, medical research has consistently demonstrated that the most relied upon medical device, the stethoscope, has the same contamination, and transmission as unwashed hands, ...

The essay was misinterpreted, though, and has been reprinted in a number of medical school syllabi (including my own) to defend the importance of the stethoscope—and by extension, the full ...

Most electronic stethoscopes allow clinicians to link the device to sound and visual projection units, allowing multiple medical experts to review the clinical data at the same time.

With germs from many patients coming into contact with stethoscopes each day, a new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings Thursday, suggests the stethoscope should be subject to the same ...

The consumerization of medtech marches on: Amsterdam-based startup Lapsi Health has just clinched FDA approval for its first clinical support tool, a digital stethoscope. The U.S. medical devices ...

Stethoscopes' diaphragms had more contamination than any other part of the physician's ... A study on emergency medical providers showed that just 13 percent washed their hands before touching the ...

The day a medical student gets their first stethoscope is the day they first feel like a doctor. 200 years since its invention in a French chest clinic, ...

The medical school serves Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Together, the states are a medical education consortium called WWAMI. Emma Kerkering is a first-year stethoscope recipient.