Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34248176›Full record

ReviewDer Gynakologe2021

[Disinfection of transvaginal ultrasound probes-A current overview of methods and recommendations].

Mareike Möllers, Johanna Wagner, Kathrin Oelmeier, Janina Braun, Ralf Schmitz

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Review in Der Gynakologe, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mareike MöllersBereich Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Deutschland.
Johanna WagnerBereich Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Deutschland.
Kathrin OelmeierBereich Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Deutschland.
Janina BraunBereich Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Deutschland.
Ralf SchmitzBereich Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1 Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disinfection of ultrasound probes, especially of transvaginal probes, has been under discussion during recent years and there have been several new regulations and recommendations as well as trends in the field of disinfection methods. This article provides a review and summary of the current state of knowledge.

Indexed as

FomitesHygienePatient safetyPreventionUltrasonography

Identifiers

PMID34248176
PMCPMC8261395

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