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ArticleLetters in applied microbiology2022

Survival of Clostridioides difficile spores in thermal and chemo-thermal laundering processes and influence of the exosporium on their adherence to cotton bed sheets.

J Tarrant, L Owen, R Jenkins, L J Smith, K Laird

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Article in Letters in applied microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

J TarrantThe Infectious Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
L OwenThe Infectious Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0252-4591
R JenkinsThe Infectious Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
L J SmithThe Infectious Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
K LairdThe Infectious Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7187-0415

Funding

De Montfort University PhD Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile spores were previously demonstrated to survive industrial laundering. Understanding interactions between heat, disinfectants and soiling (e.g. bodily fluids) affecting C. difficile spore survival could inform the optimization of healthcare laundry processes. Reducing spore attachment to linen could also enhance laundering efficacy. This study aimed to compare the sensitivity of C. difficile spores to heat and detergent, with and without soiling and to investigate adherence to cotton. Survival of C. difficile spores exposed to industrial laundering temperatures (71-90°C), reference detergent and industrial detergent was quantified with and without soiling. The adherence to cotton after 0 and 24 h air drying was determined with the exosporium of C. difficile spores partially or fully removed. Clostridioides difficile spores were stable at 71°C for 20 min (≤0·37 log

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Clostridioides difficileLaunderingClostridioidesDetergentsGossypiumSporesSpores, BacterialDetergentsadherencechemo-thermal disinfectionClostridioides difficilecottondetergentexosporiumhospitallaundrysporesthermal disinfection

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PMID35981120
PMCPMC9805185

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