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Table 2 Summary of the monitoring for UVM and the presence of toxigenic C. difficile in toilets for Arms 1 and 2

From: 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.

Parameter evaluated:

Arm 1 CDAD* (102 samples; 7 patients)

Arm 2 Diarrhea, no CDAD** (99 samples; 13 patients)

Toxigenic C. difficile detected at enrolment (%) ***

5/7 (71.4%)

Not applicable

Toxigenic C. difficile detected post-enrolment (%)

34/102 (33.3%)

4/99 (4%)

UVM score post-enrolment

  

Score 0

51%

58.7%

Score 1

7.8%

6.5%

Score 2

8.8%

20.7%

Score 3

32.4%

14.1%

Average cleaning score post-enrolment

1.2

0.9

  1. *Patients with diarrhea where the diagnostic test for CDAD was positive and the patient was placed on isolation precautions with enhanced housekeeping (twice daily) using 0.05% SHP.
  2. ** Patients with diarrhea where the diagnostic test for CDAD was negative and once daily housekeeping was performed using 0.01% SHP.
  3. *** First sample taken before increased frequency of cleaning and use of higher concentration of SHP.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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