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Registered Nurse Invents Innovative
Solution To Prevent Patient-To-Patient Germ Transfer Via Contaminated Stethoscopes.
| “When I think about children like my own being exposed to germs on unclean stethoscopes, I can’t help but hope that StethoClean will be adopted as the standard for patient care.” |
Jennifer Giroux, R.N.
Inventor |
A Registered Nurse since 1984, Mrs. Jennifer Giroux spent enough time in diverse clinical settings, such as Infectious Disease Units, to make a simple yet brilliant observation about one of the medical profession’s most trusted devices: the stethoscope.
Mrs. Giroux observed that stethoscopes are rarely cleaned between patients, and can thus easily spread infectious bacteria and other germs.
Mrs. Giroux Answers The Problem With The Innovative StethoClean
Stethoscope Cover That Travels With The Healthcare Professional.
Through day-to-day contact with patients, Mrs. Giroux recognized the need for protection of the stethoscope.
Because of the hectic pace of healthcare in literally every type of clinical setting today, stethoscopes are not sanitized properly on a regular basis.
When Mrs. Giroux observed this harsh reality, she designed the StethoClean cover for stethoscopes.
Giroux Invents StethoClean To Cover Stethoscopes And Prevent Spread Of Germs From One Patient To Another.
The simple realization that skin-borne bacteria can be highly infectious is the driving force behind StethoClean.
Mrs. Giroux’s innovative StethoClean cover assures that no stethoscope need ever touch one patient’s skin and then be placed on another patient unprotected.
Mrs. Giroux invented and patented StethoClean so that it could be made available to clinical facilities around the world, and provides the easy to use, convenient, portable and disposable barrier protection essential to eliminating spread of disease from the skin of one patient to another. The result of one insightful nurse’s observation of a risk to patient health and designed with the convenient feature of traveling with the healthcare professional for ease of use, StethoClean is today’s latest essential measure of protection in virtually every clinical environment.
www.microtekmed.com © 2007 Microtek Medical, Inc. StethoClean is a trademark of St. Joseph Solutions, LLC.
US Patent No. 6,575,917 B2
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ABOUT StethoClean
