TY - JOUR AU - Raghubanshi, Bijendra Raj AU - Sapkota, Supriya AU - Adhikari, Arjab AU - Dutta, Aman AU - Bhattarai, Utsuk AU - Bhandari, Rastriyata PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/15 TI - Use of 90% ethanol to decontaminate stethoscopes in resource limited settings JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 68 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - In developing countries like Nepal, 90% ethanol is cheap and is available in most hospitals. The unavailability of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) in these settings led us to compare the efficacy between 90% ethanol and isopropyl alcohol pads in reducing the bacterial contamination of diaphragm of stethoscope. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0224-x DO - 10.1186/s13756-017-0224-x ID - Raghubanshi2017 ER -