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Download fileThe other ‘C’: hospital-acquired clostridioides difficile infection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
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posted on 2022-02-15, 10:13 authored by Karl HazelKarl Hazel, Mairead Skally, Emily Glynn, Margaret Foley, Karen BurnsKaren Burns, Aoibhlinn O'TooleAoibhlinn O'Toole, Karen BolandKaren Boland, Fidelma FitzpatrickFidelma FitzpatrickWe read with interest the recent article by LeRose
et al on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on
healthcare-associated infection. In contrast to their observations of
increased central-line–associated infection and blood-culture contamination rates during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,
we observed a decrease in hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile
infection (HA-CDI) within our institution over this time, compared with the same period in previous years.
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Hazel K, et al. The other 'C': hospital-acquired clostridioides difficile infection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021:1-2Publication Date
13 January 2021External DOI
PubMed ID
33436112Department/Unit
- Beaumont Hospital
- Clinical Microbiology
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Cambridge University PressVersion
- Published Version (Version of Record)