Jessica Nye, PhD at Infectious Disease Advisor reports daily disinfection with ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light did not decrease vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) or Clostridioides difficile infection rates in cancer and solid organ transplantation units. These findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci infections were 6.68 and 6.52 per 1000 patient-days among units that…
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