Infection prevention and control of Clostridium difficile: a global review of guidelines, strategies, and recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of health care-associated infections. Given the high incidence of C. difficile infection (CDI) and the lack of primary prevention through immunization, health care professionals should be aware of the most current guidance, as well as strengths and limitations of the evidence base underpinning this guidance.

Methods

We identified publicly available national or organizational guidelines related to CDI infection and prevention control (IPC) published between 2000 and 2015 and for any health care setting through an internet search using the Google search engine. We reviewed CDI-targeted IPC recommendations and describe the assessment of evidence in available guidelines.

Results

We identified documents fr

SUBMITTER: Balsells E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140074 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature