APIC also offers a free, downloadable environmental checklist using sodium hypochlorite for daily cleaning when the presence of C. diff is not known or suspected.
The checklists are on p. 35-36 of APIC’s 2008 “Guide to the Elimination of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Settings.”
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