Substantial reduction of healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) rates after conversion of a hospital for exclusive treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Am J Infect Control
; 49(7): 966-968, 2021 07.
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| ID: mdl-33352250
ABSTRACT
Healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates substantially dropped in a Mexican hospital after its conversion to a full COVID-19 setting, despite heavy contamination of the environment the previous year. Better adherence to hand hygiene and contact precautions may help explain this finding.
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Clostridioides difficile
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Infecções por Clostridium
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COVID-19
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article