Preventing Clostridium difficile infections: an executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's elimination guide

Terri Rebmann; Ruth M Carrico; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.011

Preventing Clostridium difficile infections: an executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's elimination guide

Am J Infect Control. 2011 Apr;39(3):239-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.011. Epub 2011 Mar 3.

Authors

Terri Rebmann¹, Ruth M Carrico; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Biosecurity, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, St. Louis University, MO 63104, USA. rebmannt@slu.edu

PMID: 21371783
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.011

Abstract

This article is an executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's Clostridium difficile infection elimination guide. Infection preventionists are encouraged to obtain the original, full-length elimination guide for more thorough coverage of C difficile infection prevention.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / drug effects
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
Clostridium Infections / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Diarrhea / epidemiology
Diarrhea / prevention & control
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Infection Control / methods*