A targeted strategy to wipe out Clostridium difficile.
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.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. orenstein.robert@mayo.edu
Robert
R
Orenstein
Kimberly C
KC
Aronhalt
James E
JE
McManus
Leslie A
LA
Fedraw
D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004202:Disinfectants; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite
D004202:Disinfectants; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite