Transmission of Clostridium difficile spores in isolation room environments and through hospital beds

APMIS

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 800-803

  Sjöberg, Maria ^a,b   Eriksson, Mats ^a,b   Andersson, Josefin ^a   Norén, Torbjörn ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile spores; Disinfectant; Environment

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; PEROXYDISULFATE POTASSIUM; MONOPEROXYSULFATE; PEROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PEROXIDES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 84906789978     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12218     Document Type: Article

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