Potential for Transmission of Spores by Patients Awaiting Laboratory Testing to Confirm Suspected Clostridium difficile Infection

In a prospective study of inpatients tested for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), skin and environmental contamination were common at the time of the order for CDI testing, and there were often delays in completion of testing. Preemptive isolation of patients with suspected CDI may reduce the r...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2013-03, Vol.34 (3), p.306-308
Main Authors: Sunkesula, Venkata C. K., Kundrapu, Sirisha, Jury, Lucy A., Deshpande, Abhishek, Sethi, Ajay K., Donskey, Curtis J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Infections - complications
Clostridium Infections - diagnosis
Clostridium Infections - transmission
Concise Communication
Delayed Diagnosis
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - etiology
Disease transmission
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Hand - microbiology
Hands
Hospitalization
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Nursing
Other diseases. Semiology
Patient Isolation
Polymerase chain reaction
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specimens
Spores
Spores, Bacterial
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Telephones
Time Factors
Toxins
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Summary:In a prospective study of inpatients tested for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), skin and environmental contamination were common at the time of the order for CDI testing, and there were often delays in completion of testing. Preemptive isolation of patients with suspected CDI may reduce the risk of transmission.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/669510