UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of <it>Clostridium difficile </it>spores in toilets of patients with <it>C. difficile</it>-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An ultraviolet visible marker (UVM) was used to assess the cleaning compliance of housekeeping staff for toilets in a tertiary healthcare setting.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The UVM was applied to the toilets of pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/8/64 |