Clostridium
Research from University Hospital broadens understanding of clostridium
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, October 2nd, 2008
"The aim of this study was to determine the temporal relation between the use of antibiotics and alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHRs) and the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile. An interventional time-series analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of two promotion campaigns on the consumption of ABHRs and to assess their effect on the incidence of non-duplicate clinical isolates of MRSA and C. difficile from February 2000 through September 2006," scientists in Geneva, Switzerland report.
"This analysis was combined with a transfer function model of aggregated data on antibiotic use. Consumption of ABHRs correlated...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-10-02)
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