Informative Links

 

Department of Health (2005) A simple guide to clostridium difficile

Department of Health (2006) Code of practice for the prevention and control of health care associated infections

Health Protection Agency (2006) Factsheets Clostridium Difficile

NHS Direct (2007) - Health Encyclopaedia - Clostridium Difficile

National Statistics (2007) Deaths involving MRSA & Clostridium Difficile - Health Statistics Quarterly Spring '07

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2004) - Code of professional Conduct

Wikipedia (2006) Clostridium difficile

Wikipedia (2007) Spores

    References

British National Formulary (2007) Antibiotic-associated colitis http://www.bnf.org/bnf/bnf/current/100023.htm?q=%22clostridium%22%22difficile%22#_hit 04.07.07

Gould D (2007) 'Hospitals are filthy and full of spores we cannot get rid of' Nursing Standard 21 (22) 7

Joyce A and Burns D (2002) Recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis Tackling a tenacious nosocomial infection Post graduate Medicine Online 112 (5)

Kato K, Mizuno S, Umesaki Y, Ishiiy Y, Sugitanis S, Imaoka I, Otusuka M, Hasunuma O, Kurihara R, Iwasaki A & Arakawa (2004) Randomized placebo-controlled trial assessing the effect of bifidobacteria-fermented milk on active ulcerative colitis Aliment Pharmacol Ther 20: 1133–1141.

Lyall J (2007) Beating the Bug NursingManagement 14 (2) 12-15

Poutanen S & Simor A (2004) Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in adults Canadian Medical Association Journal 171(1) 51-58