Invention Keeps Germs In The Bag
Business Courier of Cincinnati:
In 24 years as a nurse, Jennifer Giroux has seen stethoscopes carried in purses, stuffed in pockets and jammed into lockers next to gym shoes. They’re so much a part of health care, doctors and nurses take them everywhere, and they’re hardly noticed.
Unfortunately, they’re hardly cleaned, either.
“I’ve seen a doctor blow his nose in a tissue and put the tissue in the same pocket with the stethoscope,” Giroux said.
Fearing that the devices could be spreading infections, Giroux came up with an invention to reduce the risk. Essentially, disposable plastic stethoscope covers are carried in a dispenser clipped to the stethoscope.
Six years, a patent and $150,000 of her own and investors’ money later, StethoClean is on the market.
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Photo by Mark Bowen.
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