Hand hygiene with soap and water is superior to alcohol rub and antiseptic wipes for removal of Clostridium difficile

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 939-944

  Oughton, Matthew T ^a   Loo, Vivian G ^b   Dendukuri, Nandini ^c,d   Fenn, Susan ^c   Libman, Michael D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOAP; WATER;

ANTISEPTIC HAND WIPE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ETHANOL; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; SOAPS; WATER;

EID: 70350018031     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605322     Document Type: Article

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