What is Clostridioides difficile? Clostridioides difficile is an anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. Until August 2016, the bacterium was known as Clostridium difficile. Clostridioides difficile is found in the intestinal...

To ensure hand disinfection's required success, all hand areas need to be completely covered with the preparation during rubbing. Since the seventies, a sequence of six steps was considered the best rub-in technique to prevent...

Sterilisation method involving pressurised moist heat. Autoclaves are primarily used to sterilise medical instruments, surgical linen, swabs, etc. The moisture even removes bacterial spores that are more resistant to dry heat...