Designing a protocol that eliminates Clostridium difficile: A collaborative venture

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 310-314

  Whitaker, Jacqueline ^a   Brown, B Susan ^a   Vidal, Sue ^a   Calcaterra, Maria ^a  

^a University Community Hospital Tampa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENE CLUSTER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NURSING UNIT; PATIENT EDUCATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DYSENTERY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 34250195341     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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