Researchers concluded that two practices — wearing gloves and antimicrobial stewardship — show good evidence of preventing C. difficile. Additionally, they concluded there is a lack of high quality data to support most recommended prevention practices, calling for increased efforts to study prevention of C. difficile through infection control and prevention programs to glean best practices.
Read the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology‘s article about C. difficile prevention.
Read other coverage about infection control:
– APIC Responds to Published Study on Surveillance for Public Reporting of Bloodstream Infection Rates
– APIC Announces Infection Prevention and Control Film Festival
– Researchers Assess How to Reduce Risk of Perioperative Hypothermia
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