Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Does Clostridium Difficile Colonize Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers?

C. difficile is not killed by the alcohol-based hand sanitizers commonly used in most hospitals (alcohol, apparently, is not "sporicidal"). Here's my question: has anyone shown that C. difficile doesn't colonize these hand sanitizers? Wouldn't that be the perfect way to spread?

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/16/2007 1:22 PM

    OMG, your read my thoughts. Everytime I push the dispenser's dirty lever I think "Home of C Diff". Let's look up any studies....

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  2. Melissa10/12/2007 2:45 PM

    Man, I always think that too. Please find out!

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