Managing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients

Andrea Denton; Annie Topping; Paul Humphreys

doi:10.7748/ns2014.04.28.33.37.e8461

Managing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients

Andrea Denton, Annie Topping, Paul Humphreys

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Checklists are not a new phenomenon and have been used in the aviation industry for some time as a means of ensuring safety and minimising harm. Checklists are now used commonly in health care to improve patient safety. This article describes the development and integration of a daily review checklist process to support the care and management of patients with Clostridium difficile infection in one NHS trust hospital. The aim of the checklist is to assist staff in early recognition of disease severity, identification of potential complications and prevention of cross-transmission of C.difficile.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-43
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Volume	28
Issue number	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2014.04.28.33.37.e8461
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2014

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