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| feasibility of routinely using hydrogen peroxide vapor to decontaminate rooms in a busy united states hospital. | during a 22-month period at a 500-bed teaching hospital, 1,565 rooms that had housed patients infected with multidrug-resistant pathogens were decontaminated using hydrogen peroxide vapor. hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination required a mean time of 2 hours and 20 minutes, compared with 32 minutes for conventional cleaning. despite the greater time required for decontamination, hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination of selected patient rooms is feasible in a busy hospital with a mean occupan ... | 2009 | 19415969 |
| surveillance for community-associated clostridium difficile--connecticut, 2006. | clostridium difficile is a well-known cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea and is associated with increased health-care costs, prolonged hospitalizations, and increased patient morbidity. previous antimicrobial use, especially use of clindamycin or ciprofloxacin, is the primary risk factor for development of c. difficile-associated diarrhea (cdad) because it disrupts normal bowel flora and promotes c. difficile overgrowth. historically, cdad has been associated with elderly hospital in ... | 2008 | 18385641 |
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