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BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections are hospital-acquired infections which are a leading cause of mortality and disability among patients admitted in hospitals. Microorganism colonization on the stethoscope's diaphragm is the main cause of disease spread. Stethoscopes are well known medical equipment fomites for Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The study was aimed to determine the frequency of Staphylococcus aureus present on diaphragms of stethoscopes in a tertiary care hospital, lslamabad.

GLGG LLLLL GGGS The descriptive cross-sectional study was performed at a tertiary care hospital in lslamabad. A consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used and the total sample size of 76 stethoscopes was calculated. Microbial samples were taken by rubbing on the whole diaphragm of the stethoscope. Later, the sample was incubated with a …