Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 8 MAS 179 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Soap and Water for C. difficile
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The idea
For patients with C. difficile infection, clean your hands with soap and water rather than alcohol rub.
In practice
This is one of the few times the usual preference for alcohol rub is reversed, and the reason is the germ itself.
Where people slip
Follow the posted precautions and the practice's policy each time; do not rely on habit.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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