An intervention to reduce health care personnel hand contamination during care of patients with Clostridium difficile infection

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1366-1367

  Tomas, Myreen E ^a   Sunkesula, Venkata C K ^b   Kundrapu, Sirisha ^b   Wilson, Brigid M ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Contamination; Personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SURGICAL GLOVE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL;

EID: 84962213141     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.017     Document Type: Article

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