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. 2012 Aug;40(6):556-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002. Epub 2011 Oct 7.

Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Dubert M Guerrero  1 , Michelle M Nerandzic, Lucy A Jury, Sadao Jinno, Shelley Chang, Curtis J Donskey
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Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Dubert M Guerrero et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

In a prospective study of 30 patients with Clostridium difficile infection, we found that acquisition of spores on gloved hands was as likely after contact with commonly touched environmental surfaces (ie, bed rail, bedside table, telephone, call button) as after contact with commonly examined skin sites (ie, chest, abdomen, arm, hand).

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