Enhanced terminal room disinfection and the need for multimodal collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75203, USA. Electronic address: matthewcrotty@MHD.com.
² Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75203, USA.

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Matthew P Crotty et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;18(8):814-815.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30311-6. Epub 2018 Jun 4.

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75203, USA. Electronic address: matthewcrotty@MHD.com.
² Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75203, USA.

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Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with crossover design (BETR Disinfection).
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