Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.
After the onset of the pandemic, health facilities instituted a slew of infection prevention and control procedures in an effort to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital wards. Although lab-confirmed C. difficile infections declined nationally in the United States, that was not the case across the board. Studies have shown that many health care