[TeMPOraL]

I.e. this is less of a "spores on gowns surviving disinfection" case, and more of a "you bleached this surface, you thought it's enough, but your gown touched it too early and the fabric 'rescued' the spores" one, am I right?

[haldujai]

Yes, the relevance is providers don’t change scrubs between patients (although do wear typically disposable gowns and gloves when entering a patient room with c. diff).

Also relevant for things that travel between rooms and are disinfected in between, like ultrasound machines.

Other studies have reported that spores can survive washing processes in use.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30322417