Acquisition of clostridium difficile on hands of healthcare personnel caring for patients with Resolved C. difficile Infection

Subarna K. Shrestha; Venkata C.K. Sunkesula; Sirisha Kundrapu; Myreen E. Tomas; Michelle M. Nerandzic; Curtis J. Donskey

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.335

Acquisition of clostridium difficile on hands of healthcare personnel caring for patients with Resolved C. difficile Infection

Subarna K. Shrestha
, Venkata C.K. Sunkesula
, Sirisha Kundrapu
, Myreen E. Tomas
, Michelle M. Nerandzic
, Curtis J. Donskey

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In an observational study, we found that healthcare personnel frequently acquired Clostridium difficile on their hands when caring for patients with recently resolved C. difficile infection (CDI) (<6 weeks after treatment) who were no longer under contact precautions. Continuing contact precautions after diarrhea resolves may be useful to reduce transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	475-477
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.335
State	Published - Apr 1 2016

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