Norovirus/ C diff infection control

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No secret that it is Norovirus seaason!

A lot of times the symptoms are the same so we are ruling out both Norovirus and C Diff.

What brand/ type of products are you using at your facility/ hospital?

We all know that bleach and hand washing is best for the C Diff. I was just looking at our sanitizing wipes and they are alcohol based??!!

Our P&P lists bleach based cleaner for both organisms.

I did go to the CDC website to look and it does look like "ethanol based had sanitizers (60-95%) is the preferred active agent for the Norovirus gastroenteritis." So I googled our wipes and they are listed as "isopropyl alcohol..55%

Close enough?

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Alcohol wipes aren't going to do any good for CDiff, it doesn't kill the spores.

I'd go to whomever deals with infection control at your facility and ask...perhaps they are unaware that there aren't any bleach wipes available?

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