Environmental interventions to control clostridium difficile

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-91

  Loo, Vivian G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Environmental disinfection; Hand hygiene; Infection control and prevention; Isolation measures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORINE; HAND SANITIZER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE FINDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION STERILIZATION; REVIEW; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 84922854900     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2014.11.006     Document Type: Review

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