UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.e

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alfa, Michelle J ^a,b,c   Dueck, Christine ^a   Olson, Nancy ^c   DeGagne, Pat ^b   Papetti, Selena ^c   Wald, Alana ^b   Lo, Evelyn ^a   Harding, Godfrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c St Boniface Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SANITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TOILET FACILITIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 44249120313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-64     Document Type: Article

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