C. diff. cases fall 36 percent in Canada's hospitals

Improvements in infection-control measures, such as frequent hand-washing and more frequent, intense cleaning of hospital facilities in the last decade may have contributed


A study has found that rates of Clostridium difficile have fallen dramatically in hospitals across Canada since 2009, according to an article on the CityNews website.
 
In a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers report that hospital-associated C. difficile infections dropped by 36 percent between 2009 and 2015.
 
Improvements in infection-control measures, such as frequent hand-washing and more frequent, intense cleaning of hospital facilities in the last decade may have contributed to the drop in infection rates.
 
Researchers from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program looked at data from acute-care hospitals across the country between 2009 an 2015. 
 
 
 
 
 


July 2, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control


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