Resetting the environmental reservoir; evaluating the impact of a new hospital building on Clostridioides difficile infection

• Main Authors: Liam Giberson (Author), Brendan Kelly (Author), Pam Tolomeo (Author), Leigh Cressman (Author), Laura Cowden (Author), Laurel Glaser (Author), Matthew Ziegler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Prior research has implicated contaminated surfaces in the transmission of Clostridioides difficile within the hospital. To reduce the risk of transmission, enhanced environmental hygiene is performed in rooms of patients with known C.difficile infection (CDI). We wished to evaluate the...