LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cleanascopper–There are now two reasons for patients to flinch at the touch of a stethoscope: because it’s cold, of course; and because it’s covered with germs. A new study1 from medical researchers reveals that 80 percent of the stethoscopes they studied were contaminated by high concentrations of bacteria, so much so that they present as much risk of transferring infectious bacteria as the hands of physicians after a physical exam. The study, published by American Journal
