Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 556-558

  Guerrero, Dubert M ^a   Nerandzic, Michelle M ^b   Jury, Lucy A ^b   Jinno, Sadao ^a   Chang, Shelley ^c   Donskey, Curtis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environment; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EXAMINATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84864692219     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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