Comparison of two environmental sampling tools for the detection of Clostridium difficile spores on hard bathroom surfaces in the hospital setting

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia. Electronic address: nelly.engelhardt@health.wa.gov.au.
² Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia.

N E P Engelhardt et al. J Hosp Infect. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;96(3):295-296.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.028. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

¹ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia. Electronic address: nelly.engelhardt@health.wa.gov.au.
² Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia.

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