The risk of getting a deadly, treatment-resistant infection in a hospital or nursing home is dropping for the first time in decades, thanks to new guidelines on antibiotic use and stricter cleaning ...

A new mathematical model highlights the challenges of preventing Clostridioides difficile transmission in the hospital. Frequently touched surfaces and objects account for three-quarters of ...

Researchers conducted a model-based economic evaluation to find the cost-effective healthcare intervention for lowering C. diff rates. They synthesized efficacy evidence from research literature and ...

If confirmed, the downtrend would mark a change of course as C. diff rates climbed each year from 2000 to 2010. “Preliminary analyses suggest a 9 to 15 percent decrease in healthcare [C. diff] ...

Nash notes that "Although staff was doing a good job, each person was doing it in their own way. We began a more streamlined approach, and we went to a two-step cleaning process where you clean once ...

The Hunterdon task force made an appeal to hospital administration for more cleaning staff after it determined how many additional high-touch surfaces needed to be cleaned in the patient environment. ...