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| Briefings on Infection Control |
| April 2008 |
| Study: Control C. diff by extending precautions |
| If standard precautions aren't getting your C. diff problem under control, you might want to consider extending the duration of contact precautions. So say the findings of a study that shows C. diff often contaminates multiple skin sites of patients with C. diff-associated diseases (CDAD).
The study, "Clostridium difficile Skin Contamination in Patients with C. difficile-Associated Diseases," appeared in the February 1 Clinical Infectious Diseases. It said that the bacteria often lingered on some patients' skin even after diarrhea resolved: "The median time from resolution of diarrhea to detection of negative skin cultures was seven days." |
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