%0 Journal Article
%T On the hands of patients with Clostridium difficile: A study of spore prevalence and the effect of hand hygiene on C difficile removal.
%A Barker AK
%A Zellmer C
%A Tischendorf J
%A Duster M
%A Valentine S
%A Wright MO
%A Safdar N
%J Am J Infect Control
%V 45
%N 10
%D Oct 2017 1
%M 28964347
%F 4.303
%R 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.005
%X The prevalence of Clostridium difficile spores was assessed in 48 observations of infected inpatients. Participants were randomized to hand hygiene with either alcohol-based handrub or soap and water. C difficile was recovered in 14.6% of pre-hand hygiene observations. It was still present on 5 of these 7 participants after hand hygiene (3/3 using alcohol-based handrub; 2/4 using soap and water).