A targeted strategy to wipe out Clostridium difficile

Robert Orenstein; Kimberly C. Aronhalt; James E. McManus; Leslie A. Fedraw

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A targeted strategy to wipe out Clostridium difficile

Robert Orenstein, Kimberly C. Aronhalt, James E. McManus, Leslie A. Fedraw

Infectious Diseases

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This study evaluated daily cleaning with germicidal bleach wipes on wards with a high incidence of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). The intervention reduced hospital-acquired CDI incidence by 85%, from 24.2 to 3.6 cases per 10,000 patient-days, and prolonged the median time between hospital-acquired CDI cases from 8 to 80 days.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1137-1139
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	32
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/662586
State	Published - Nov 2011

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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