Evaluation of improved housekeeping compliance and the use of microfibre cleaning cloths on reducing environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile in health care facilities

Contaminated environmental surfaces can be a means of transmission of Clostridium difficile spores in health-care facilities. The study objectives are to assess the value of the UV marker as an audit tool for improving housekeeping compliance and to compare microfiber and cotton cloths for removal...

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Main Author: Trajtman, Adriana
Other Authors: Alfa, Michelle (Medical Microbiology) Manickam, Kanchana (Medical Microbiology)
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3912