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Clostridioides difficile Infection – Understatement of General Environmental Risk and Overstatement of Healthcare Environment Risk

By Peter Teska BS, MBA, Jim Gauthier, MLT, CIC, Carol Calabrese, R.N., B.S., T- CSCT, CHESP, C.I.C. et al. · October 22, 2021

   Historically it has been believed that a most healthcare onset CDI (HO-CDI) is a result of environmental exposure to C. difficile spores while in a healthcare facility, resulting in hospital onset C. difficile…

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