Mitigating hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile : The impact of an optimized environmental hygiene program in eight hospitals.

Philip C CarlingLyndsay M O'HaraAnthony D HarrisRussell Olmsted

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)

This study represents the first multiple-site, quasi-experimental study with control hospitals and a nonequivalent dependent variable to evaluate a 4-component intervention on HO-CDI. Following ongoing improvement in cleaning thoroughness, there was a sustained 50% decrease in HO-CDI SIRs compared to controls.

Keyphrases

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clostridium difficile
randomized controlled trial
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