Title |
UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-8-64 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michelle J Alfa, Christine Dueck, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagne, Selena Papetti, Alana Wald, Evelyn Lo, Godfrey Harding |
Abstract |
An ultraviolet visible marker (UVM) was used to assess the cleaning compliance of housekeeping staff for toilets in a tertiary healthcare setting. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | 31% |
Chile | 4 | 25% |
Latvia | 1 | 6% |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1 | 6% |
France | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 4 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 31% |
Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 58 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 11 | 19% |
Professor | 7 | 12% |
Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Other | 13 | 22% |
Unknown | 10 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 20% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 20% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
Other | 14 | 24% |
Unknown | 11 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1
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