Bacterial Growth on Cleaned Reusable ECG Leadwires

Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN, Director; Kelly Hancock, MSN, RN, Clinical Director; Terri Murray, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager; Matthew T. Karafa, PhD, Statistician, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Karen L. Rice, DSN, RN, Director, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA; Susan Barbara Fowler, PhD, RN, Clinical Nurse Researcher, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ; Colleen Austel Nadeau, BSN, RN, Senior Cardiac Specialist, Heart Failure, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA; Susan Krajewski, BSN, MPA, Research Nurse, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Nancy Bonnet, MSN, RN, Manager, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ