Auscul-X a touch free digital stethoscope will permit physical distancing of healthcare providers while maintaining the ability to auscultate patients from a safe distance (over 10 feet away)
The Auscul-X System (AusculSciences Canada, Inc.), is novel, professional grade, touch free,
multichannel, touch-free electronic stethoscope with disposable elements designed to protect
HCPs from exposure to infection diseases by allowing them to auscultate patients from a safe
distance (10 feet away). The sensors can stay in place and enable providers to listen
on-demand to a patient's heart and lungs over an extended period of time. This practice of
distancing in the workplace is a key CDC and PHAC recommendation to protect the frontline HCP
from exposure risk to the highly contagious COVID- 19 virus and other communicable diseases.
The Auscul-X not only has the potential to better protect HCPs from infection, but also
eliminates the potential transmission of pathogens through the use of conventional
stethoscopes. In addition, the Auscul-X allows multiple HCPs to listen to the patient's heart
and lung sounds simultaneously
Device: Auscul-X
The Auscul-X System (AusculSciences Canada, Inc.), is novel, professional grade, touch free, multichannel, touch-free electronic stethoscope with disposable elements designed to protect HCPs from exposure to infection diseases by allowing them to auscultate patients from a safe distance (10 feet away). The sensors can stay in place and enable providers to listen on-demand to a patient's heart and lungs over an extended period of time. This practice of distancing in the workplace is a key CDC and PHAC recommendation to protect the frontline HCP from exposure risk to the highly contagious COVID- 19 virus and other communicable diseases. The Auscul-X not only has the potential to better protect HCPs from infection, but also eliminates the potential transmission of pathogens through the use of conventional stethoscopes. In addition, the Auscul-X allows multiple HCPs to listen to the patient's heart and lung sounds simultaneously
Inclusion Criteria:
- >/=18 years old
- Admitted to ICCU and CSICU at UOHI
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years old
- Medically Unstable
- Chest wall deformity or wounds in adhesive application areas
- Unwillingness or inability to provide Informed Consent or to comply with protocol
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Investigator: Farrah Ahmed, BSc.
Contact: 613 696 7000
fahmed@ottawaheart.ca
Investigator:
Melissa Spero, CRN, CCRP
613 763 0088 - 107
melissa@ausculsciences.com
John Phillips, BSc.
613-763-0088
john@ausculsciences.com
Benjamin Chow, MD, Principal Investigator
Ottawa Heart Institue Research Foundation