Effectiveness of hand hygiene for removal of Clostridium difficile spores from hands

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 302-305

  Edmonds, Sarah L ^a   Zapka, Carrie ^a   Kasper, Douglas ^b   Gerber, Robert ^b   McCormack, Robert ^c   Macinga, David ^a   Johnson, Stuart ^b   Sambol, Susan ^b   Fricker, Christopher ^a   Arbogast, James ^a   Gerding, Dale N ^b  

^a GOJO Industries   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BioScience Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN;

EID: 84873675007     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669521     Document Type: Article

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