On the hands of patients with Clostridium difficile: A study of spore prevalence and the effect of hand hygiene on C difficile removal.
Am J Infect Control. 2017 Oct 01;45(10):1154-1156
Authors: Barker AK, Zellmer C, Tischendorf J, Duster M, Valentine S, Wright MO, Safdar N
Abstract
The prevalence of Clostridium difficile spores was assessed in 48 observations of infected inpatients. Participants were randomized to hand hygiene with either alcohol-based handrub or soap and water. C difficile was recovered in 14.6% of pre-hand hygiene observations. It was still present on 5 of these 7 participants after hand hygiene (3/3 using alcohol-based handrub; 2/4 using soap and water).
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