2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.12.013
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Hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection and reservoirs within the hospital environment

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“…Moreover, our previous study in another hospital confirms a similar percentage of positive cases (10). In Pittsburgh (32), the reported frequencies were larger, with 50% for positive floor swabs and 0% for positive bed swabs. It is worth noting that in our study, only 3.16% of the strains were cultured from floor swabs.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 66%
“…Moreover, our previous study in another hospital confirms a similar percentage of positive cases (10). In Pittsburgh (32), the reported frequencies were larger, with 50% for positive floor swabs and 0% for positive bed swabs. It is worth noting that in our study, only 3.16% of the strains were cultured from floor swabs.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 66%
“…difficile spores can persist in the environment for up to 5 months and can be isolated from beds, floors, and walls in hospital facilities that were previously used by patients with CDI. 18 In the newly built hospital, these environmental contaminations had been cleaned up, and the reservoir of C. difficile had disappeared. Therefore, relocation to the new hospital had reduced the number of asymptomatic carriers and incidence of CO-CDI.…”
Section: Ward-level Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…C diff Banana Broth TM , prod. Hardy Diagnostics, USA) [21]. Istnieje korelacja pomiędzy występowaniem zakażeń związanych z opieką zdrowotną (healthcare-associated infections -HAI) a stopniem kontaminacji powierzchni szpitalnych różnymi drobnoustrojami [22].…”
Section: Zagrożone Powierzchnie Szpitalne I śRodki Ostrożnościunclassified
“…Wziąwszy pod uwagę omówione fakty, a także poprzednie doświadczenia [29], autorzy artykułu przeprowadzili badania środowiska szpitalnego na obecność spor bakterii z rodzaju Clostridium w jednej z placówek na terenie Śląska. Do badań tych użyto specjalnego podłoża bulionowego, C diff Banana Broth TM , które umożliwia germinację spor [21,29]. Materiał pobierano z różnych miejsc i różnych oddziałów tego szpitala.…”
Section: Sposoby Zwalczania Spor Bakteriiunclassified