Clostridium difficile contamination of health care workers’ hands and its potential contribution to the spread of infection: Review of the literature

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-58

  Jullian Desayes, Ingrid ^a   Landelle, Caroline ^a,b   Mallaret, Marie Reine ^a,b   Brun Buisson, Christian ^c   Barbut, Frédéric ^d  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Section of Radiology   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

C difficile transmission; Clostridium difficile; Hands; Health care workers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENGLISHMAN; EPIDEMIC; HAND INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TRANSMISSION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS;

EID: 85009725355     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.08.017     Document Type: Review

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