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Cold-Air Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Against <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Spores: A Potential Alternative for the Decontamination of Hospital Inanimate Surfaces

Tânia Claro, Orla Cahill, Niall O’Connor, Stephen Daniels, H. Humphreys

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2015 · 19 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Clostridium difficile spores survive for months on environmental surfaces and are highly resistant to decontamination. We evaluated the effect of cold-air plasma against C. difficile spores. The single-jet had no effect while the multi-jet achieved 2-3 log10 reductions in spore counts and may augment traditional decontamination.

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