TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents: Disinfectants, Antiseptics, Sterilants, and Preservatives A1 - Jobst, Erin E. A1 - Panus, Peter C. A1 - Kruidering-Hall, Marieke PY - 2020 T2 - Pharmacology for the Physical Therapist, 2e AB - CASE STUDYE.L. is a 68-year-old woman admitted to the hospital from a skilled nursing facility with an exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. Within a few days, E.L. began having multiple bouts of diarrhea daily. Infection with Clostridium difficile was suspected and the patient was placed in Contact Plus Precautions isolation. Stool sample testing confirmed C difficile infection and the patient was immediately started on fidaxomicin. Today, the physical therapist was treating another patient on the same floor as E.L. When the therapist could not locate a front-wheeled walker on the floor, he asked the physical therapy aide to find one. The aide recalled that E.L. had a walker in her room and decided to borrow this walker so that the therapist could use it for his other patient. When the aide entered the patient’s room helpfully presenting the borrowed walker, the therapist requested that the aide immediately return the walker to E.L.’s room without allowing it to touch any surfaces along the way and to wash her hands with soap and water afterward. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1192818765 ER -