Health care–associated infections have steadily increased over the last several decades. The annual cost of such infections is more than 25 billion dollars.1 While gloves and hand hygiene have prevented spreading of infections from physical contact, stethoscope still exists as a potential vector.2-4 There have been several articles which concluded that stethoscopes are known vectors of transmitting infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, and various other micro-organisms that respond to only a narrow spectrum of antibiotics.
