infections control

Impact of COVID-19 prevention measures on risk of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection

Clostridium difficile is the most common pathogen between health care-associated infections and its incidence has increased during the last years. lack of enough evidence about effective hygiene interventions to prevent this disease. Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic, several strategies to reduce microorganism spread were adopted in hospital setting. The objective of this study was to establish whether such strategies can reduce health care associated C difficile infection (HA-CDI) incidence.

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