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Potential for Transmission of Spores by Patients Awaiting Laboratory Testing to Confirm Suspected Clostridium difficile Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Venkata C. K. Sunkesula ,
Sirisha Kundrapu ,
Lucy A. Jury ,
Abhishek Deshpande ,
Ajay K. Sethi  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Venkata C. K. Sunkesula*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Sirisha Kundrapu
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Lucy A. Jury
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Abhishek Deshpande
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Ajay K. Sethi
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Curtis J. Donskey
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 ([email protected])
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Abstract

In a prospective study of inpatients tested for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), skin and environmental contamination were common at the time of the order for CDI testing, and there were often delays in completion of testing. Preemptive isolation of patients with suspected CDI may reduce the risk of transmission.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , March 2013 , pp. 306 - 308
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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