“It should be emphasized that routine decontamination procedures and disinfection of the individual ultrasound probes only take a few seconds. Therefore, in our opinion, there is actually no reason that such a simple disinfection procedure should not be performed every time after using an ultrasound probe before using it on the next patient” (Sartoretti 2017). This quote is the reason this research was performed. Cleaning equipment, especially transducers, is something sonographers should be very conscious of considering they could be potentially spreading germs from patient to patient if the transducer is not properly cleaned. “Ultrasound transducers and coupling gel provide potential vectors for pathogen transmission, especially in immunocompromised
