The nurse is providing ancillary personnel with instructions regarding the proper methods to im-plement when caring for a client with a Clostridium difficile infection
Which of the following practices will have the greatest impact on containment of the bacteria and thus prevention of cross-contamination?
1. Frequent in-services on transmission modes of C. difficile
2. Practice of proper hand hygiene by all staff
3. Appropriate handling of contaminated linen
4. Stool cultures on all suspected carriers
ANS: 2
Poor hand hygiene and erratic disinfection practices result in the transmission of C. difficile. Stool cultures are useful in the diagnosis, not the prevention, of C. difficile. Although the other options are appropriate, they do not have the most impact on preventing the spread of these bacteria.
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