Comments on: Beware of Clostridium difficile hospital outbreaks http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/beware-of-clostridium-difficile.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christian Sinclair, MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/beware-of-clostridium-difficile.html#comment-89481 Christian Sinclair, MD Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/beware-of-clostridium-difficile-hospital-outbreaks.html#comment-89481 Interesting that they found the following: <br/><br/>"including 9 of 29 (31%) in physician work areas, 1 of 10 (10%) in nurse work areas"<br/><br/>I would think with the greater chance of exposure the nurse work areas would be more contaminated. Or is it that docs just don't wash or gown up like they should? Interesting that they found the following:

“including 9 of 29 (31%) in physician work areas, 1 of 10 (10%) in nurse work areas”

I would think with the greater chance of exposure the nurse work areas would be more contaminated. Or is it that docs just don’t wash or gown up like they should?

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