A randomized trial of soap and water hand wash versus alcohol hand rub for removal of Clostridium difficile spores from hands of patients

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Feb;35(2):204-6. doi: 10.1086/674859. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Clostridioides difficile*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / prevention & control
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Hand / microbiology
  • Hand Disinfection / methods*
  • Humans
  • Soaps / therapeutic use*
  • Spores, Bacterial*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Soaps
  • Ethanol