On the hands of patients with Clostridium difficile: A study of spore prevalence and the effect of hand hygiene on C difficile removal

Publication date: 1 October 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 45, Issue 10
Author(s): Anna K. Barker, Caroline Zellmer, Jessica Tischendorf, Megan Duster, Susan Valentine, Marc Oliver Wright, Nasia Safdar
The prevalence of Clostridium difficile spores was assessed in 48 observations of infected inpatients. Participants were randomized to hand hygiene with either alcohol-based handrub or soap and water. C difficile was recovered in 14.6% of pre-hand hygiene observations. It was still present on 5 of these 7 participants after hand hygiene (3/3 using alcohol-based handrub; 2/4 using soap and water).



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