
Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile.
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Turner, NA; Anderson, DJ
Published in: Clin Colon Rectal Surg
March 2020
Clostridioides difficile remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infection. Efforts at C. difficile prevention have been hampered by an increasingly complex understanding of transmission patterns and a high degree of heterogeneity among existing studies. Effective prevention of C. difficile infection requires multimodal interventions, including contact precautions, hand hygiene with soap and water, effective environmental cleaning, use of sporicidal cleaning agents, and antimicrobial stewardship. Roles for probiotics, avoidance of proton pump inhibitors, and isolation of asymptomatic carriers remain poorly defined.
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Clin Colon Rectal Surg
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1531-0043
Publication Date
March 2020
Volume
33
Issue
2
Start / End Page
98 / 108
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Surgery
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Turner, N. A., & Anderson, D. J. (2020). Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile. Clin Colon Rectal Surg, 33(2), 98–108. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1701234
Turner, Nicholas A., and Deverick J. Anderson. “Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile.” Clin Colon Rectal Surg 33, no. 2 (March 2020): 98–108. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1701234.
Turner NA, Anderson DJ. Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2020 Mar;33(2):98–108.
Turner, Nicholas A., and Deverick J. Anderson. “Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile.” Clin Colon Rectal Surg, vol. 33, no. 2, Mar. 2020, pp. 98–108. Pubmed, doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701234.
Turner NA, Anderson DJ. Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2020 Mar;33(2):98–108.

Published In
Clin Colon Rectal Surg
DOI
ISSN
1531-0043
Publication Date
March 2020
Volume
33
Issue
2
Start / End Page
98 / 108
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Surgery