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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 11, Pages 1074-1076Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/591863
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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In a culture survey, we found that 42% of hospital privacy curtains were contaminated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, 22% with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and 4% with Clostridium difficile. Hand imprint cultures demonstrated that these pathogens were easily acquired on hands. Hospital curtains are a potential source for dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens.
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