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My very first day of clinical at a hospital, our professor had someone from infectious disease nurse speak to us. She pointed out that we use our scopes on pts who have a variety of illnesses, and to never put the scope around our necks. The tubing touches the sheets, gowns, gets coughed on.......even though the diaphragm gets alcoholed, I can't swear that I wipe the entire scope completely every time its used. Her point was why risk putting the tubing so close to our faces and hair.
TazziRN, RN
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I had my daughter ask her teacher. The students were told not to get stethoscopes because she doesn't want them to get in the habit of wearing one around her neck....danger of being strangled. When she said that I had a vague recollection of being told the same thing. She said she knows that no one in nursing follows that once they're actually working, but for school purposes she's going to follow instructions. Hubby and I decided to wait until she gets into nursing school to get her one.