Abstract
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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1137-1139 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases