Investigating ward-based transmission of alert organisms - infection control down the drain?

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Apr;92(4):408-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Jan 21.

Authors

G Winzor¹, P Milner², L Ludman², J Gray²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: g.winzor@nhs.net.
² Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 26905667
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.01.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / chemically induced
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Clostridium Infections / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / chemically induced
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Diarrhea / chemically induced
Diarrhea / epidemiology
Diarrhea / microbiology
Diarrhea / prevention & control*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Epidemiological Monitoring*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*