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Role of the environment in the transmission of Clostridium difficile in health care facilities
American Journal of Infection ControlVol. 41Issue 5SupplementS105–S110Published in issue: May, 2013- David J. Weber
- Deverick J. Anderson
- Daniel J. Sexton
- William A. Rutala
Cited in Scopus: 60Recent data demonstrate that the contaminated hospital surface environment plays a key role in the transmission of Clostridium difficile. Enhanced environmental cleaning of rooms housing Clostridium difficile-infected patients is warranted, and, if additional studies demonstrate a benefit of “no-touch” methods (eg, ultraviolet irradiation, hydrogen peroxide systems), their routine use should be considered. - Research Article
Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
American Journal of Infection ControlVol. 38Issue 5SupplementS25–S33Published in issue: June, 2010- David J. Weber
- William A. Rutala
- Melissa B. Miller
- Kirk Huslage
- Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Cited in Scopus: 557Health care-associated infections (HAI) remain a major cause of patient morbidity and mortality. Although the main source of nosocomial pathogens is likely the patient's endogenous flora, an estimated 20% to 40% of HAI have been attributed to cross infection via the hands of health care personnel, who have become contaminated from direct contact with the patient or indirectly by touching contaminated environmental surfaces. Multiple studies strongly suggest that environmental contamination plays an important role in the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp.
