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cord-254079-pvl44u4d	Marinella, Mark A.	COVID-19 pandemic and the stethoscope: don't forget to sanitize	2020-04-11		.txt	text/plain	739	46	45	Indirect pathogen transmission from inanimate objects is of potential concern not only for the general public, but also for healthcare professionals whose hands come into frequent contact with hard surfaces. Viral pathogens have also been isolated on hard surfaces in the healthcare setting, 3,4 but have not received as much attention as a risk for nosocomial and person-to-person transmission until very recently with the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 The severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, an emerging fatal viral hemorrhagic fever in East Asia, has been recovered from stethoscopes and other hard surfaces in patient rooms who were diagnosed with SFTS, also raising concern for nosocomial transmission of highly pathogenic viruses. Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings: the possible role of dry surface contamination	./cache/cord-254079-pvl44u4d.txt	./txt/cord-254079-pvl44u4d.txt