Department of Hospital Epidemiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Am J Infect Control. 2021 Jul;49(7):966-968. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.008. Epub 2020 Dec 19.
Healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates substantially dropped in a Mexican hospital after its conversion to a full COVID-19 setting, despite heavy contamination of the environment the previous year. Better adherence to hand hygiene and contact precautions may help explain this finding.
一家墨西哥医院转为全面收治 COVID-19 患者后,其院内发生的艰难梭菌感染率大幅下降,尽管前一年环境受到严重污染。更好地坚持手部卫生和接触防护措施可能有助于解释这一发现。