A new study has shown that the germ of a dangerous hospital is spreading more easily and quietly than experts to believe once. Infections are found to move around the intensive care units (ICU), as already thought to be infection, due to the bacteria Clostridium deficile (usually known as C. Deff). Published in the Jama Network Open, research suggests that C. can survive on surfaces in the hospital’s ICU for different weeks and spread from the patient to the patient – even when those patients are not in the hospital at the same time.

Lead researcher and infectiologist at Utah University, Dr. Michael Rubin said, “There is a lot going on under the hood which we are not seeing now.” “If we ignore it, we are putting patients at unnecessary risk.”

C. What is the difference?

C. A different type of bacteria can cause severe gastrointestinal disease including diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it usually infects those whose intestine bacteria are wiped by strong antibiotics. Once healthy intestine goes to bacteria, C. Takes different.

The infection can be fatal. C. About 6 percent of the people separate into the US. This makes this bacterium particularly dangerous that it creates hard spores that can survive on long-term surfaces-even against the cleaning of products such as alcohol-based sanitisers.

Not just a patient

In the past, scientists believed that C. Separately spread through direct contact between patients. But this new study challenges that idea.

The research team studied about 200 patients in two ICUs. He also collected thousands of samples from the surfaces of the hospital room and the hands of health workers. Then, using genetic testing, he discovered how bacteria moved around the hospital.

They came to know that about 10 percent of ICU patients c. The defiff exposure was – either on their body or in their hospital room. In most of these cases, bacterial stress was found, which matched to another patient, suggesting that it was passed through a hospital environment from one patient to another.

Lead investigator Lindsay Keagan explained that while the patient-to-patient transmission is common, what is new. C. How often does it move from surfaces and surfaces to patients. “This is much more frequent than our view,” he said.

In fact, when the analysis was included in the surface and hand contact, C. The spread of only 3.6 times more was found when only direct patient contact was considered.

Even more upset is that more than half of the CE of C was broadcast among the patients who were not even in the hospital at the same time. In some examples, their trips were different.

This means that C. A separate patient may stay in a hospital room after leaving, who is waiting for the person to enter the next person.

Prevention is the key

The study indicates the need for strong infection control practices in hospitals. Dr. Rubin emphasized the importance of individual safety devices, such as gloves and gowns and the importance of regular and fully handwashing among hospital staff.

“These are steps that can disrupt this invisible type of transmission,” he said. “We should take them seriously.”

This new research sends a clear message to hospitals: C. To prevent the proliferation of the defament, it is not only about the treatment of patients – it is about those that they leave behind.

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