Microfiber cloths reduce the transfer of Clostridium difficile spores to environmental surfaces compared with cotton cloths

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 686-689

  Trajtman, Adriana N ^a,b   Manickam, Kanchana ^a,c   Alfa, Michelle J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b St Boniface Research Centre   (Canada)

^c Diagnostic Services of Manitoba Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Environmental; Hospital acquired infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CERAMICS; CLEANING; COTTON; FIBER; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84937523543     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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