Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Dubert M Guerrero; Michelle M Nerandzic; Lucy A Jury; Sadao Jinno; Shelley Chang; Curtis J Donskey

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002

Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Am J Infect Control. 2012 Aug;40(6):556-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002. Epub 2011 Oct 7.

Authors

Dubert M Guerrero¹, Michelle M Nerandzic, Lucy A Jury, Sadao Jinno, Shelley Chang, Curtis J Donskey

Affiliation

¹ University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.

PMID: 21982209
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002

Abstract

In a prospective study of 30 patients with Clostridium difficile infection, we found that acquisition of spores on gloved hands was as likely after contact with commonly touched environmental surfaces (ie, bed rail, bedside table, telephone, call button) as after contact with commonly examined skin sites (ie, chest, abdomen, arm, hand).

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Clostridium Infections / transmission*
Environmental Microbiology*
Female
Gloves, Surgical / statistics & numerical data*
Hand / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Skin / microbiology*
Spores, Bacterial / isolation & purification*