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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7531</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Pediatr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7531</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-75312020000400005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Contaminación microbiana en estetoscopios utilizados por proveedores de salud]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Microbial contamination in stethoscopes used by health care providers]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Acosta Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Prieto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Magela]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera Moroño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariví]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez Echaide]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yaimara]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Docente Cerro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>92</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El estetoscopio se ha descrito como un fómite capaz de transmitir patemas de tipo infeccioso a los trabajadores de la salud  Objetivo:  Caracterizar la presencia de contaminación microbiana en estetoscopios utilizados por proveedores de salud.  Métodos:  Estudio transversal en 50 muestras microbiológicas obtenidas de estetoscopios pertenecientes a proveedores de salud que laboran en el Hospital Pediátrico Cerro, de junio-octubre de 2019. Se aplicó una encuesta para evaluar variables demográficas y epidemiológicas de sus titulares relacionadas con la aplicación de medidas descontaminantes. Se examinaron los resultados mediante el análisis porcentual y prueba de Ji-cuadrada para buscar asociación significativa (p&#8804;0,05) con los hábitos higiénicos.  Resultados:  El 100 % de los estetoscopios están contaminados. Los aislamientos más frecuentes fueron: Staphylococcus alba 40,3 %, Staphylococcus aureus 32,6 % y Klebsiella pneumoniae 3,8 %. Las áreas de mayor contagio fueron las de misceláneas (44,2 %) y de respiratorio (36,5 %). El personal con notable contaminación en sus equipos fueron los alumnos (81,4 %) y los especialistas (14,8 %). Las causas que determinaron no practicar la desinfección en los alumnos fue la falta de enseñanza (45,4 %); en los especialistas, la carencia de hábitos (33,3 %) y la falta de desinfectante (66,3 %). Las bacterias gramnegativas fueron sensibles en su mayoría a los aminoglucósidos y Staphylococcus aureus a la clindamicina, vancomicina, ciprofloxacino y cloranfenicol.  Conclusiones:  Existe alta frecuencia de contaminación en los estetoscopios utilizados por los proveedores de salud motivado por la falta de hábito de desinfección en médicos y su desconocimiento en alumnos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Stethoscopes has been described as a fomite which is able to transmit infectious agents to health care workers.  Objective:  To describe the presence of microbial contamination in stethoscopes used by health care providers.  Methods:  Cross-sectional study in 50 microbiological samples obtained from stethoscopes belonging to health care providers whom worked in &#8220;Cerro&#8221; Pediatric Hospital from June to October, 2019. It was applied a survey to evaluate demographic and epidemiologic variables of the owners related with the implementation of disinfection measures. The results were examined through percentage analysis and the Ji-square test to look for significative relation (p&#8804;0,05) with hygene habits.  Results:  100% of the stethoscopes were contamined. The most frequent isolated agents were: Staphylococcus alba 40.3%, Staphylococcus aureus 32.6% and Klebsiella pneumoniae 3.8%. The hospital areas with more contagion were: Miscellany (44.2%) and Respiratory (36.5%). The personnel with more contamination in their equipments were: students (81.4%) and specialists (14.8%). The cause of not doing the disinfection processes in the students was the lack of knowledge (45.4%); and in the specialists was the lack of hygene habits and the lack of disinfectant solutions (66.3%). Negative Gran bacteria were mostly sensitive to aminoglycosides and Staphylococcus aureus to clindamycin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin and cloramphenicol.  Conclusions:  There is high frequency of contamination in the stethoscopes used by health care providers, mainly motived by the lack of disinfection habits in physicians and lack of knowledge on it in the students.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estetoscopios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[contaminación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[desinfección]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección cruzada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fómites]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Staphylococcus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stethoscopes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[contamination]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disinfection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cross-infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fomites]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Staphylococcus]]></kwd>
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