Links

• ESCMID Study Group for Clostridium difficile 
  Recent ESCMID guidelines
  - Treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) M. P. Bauer, E. J. Kuijper and J. T. van Dissel, Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 15: 1067-1079
  - Data review and recommendations for diagnosing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) M. J. T. Crobach, O. M. Dekkers, M. H. Wilcox and E. J. Kuijper, Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 15: 1053-1066
 
• Comparative Analysis of Bedpan Processing Equipment
  An analysis of bedpan processing equipment published in 2009 by AETMIS which is the agency in Quebec, Canada responsible for evaluating heath technologies can be downloaded from this link.
   
• Health Protection Agency, UK: Clostridium difficile
• Health Protection Scotland - C. difficile
• Health Protection Scotland - C. difficile toolkit
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland - C. difficile
• National Public Health Service for Wales - C. difficile
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - C. difficile
  Recent guidelines:
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Stuart H. Cohen, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Ciaran P. Kelly, Vivian G. Loo, L. Clifford McDonald, Jacques Pepin, and Mark H. Wilcox
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology May 2010, Vol. 31, No. 5: 431-455.

Last updated: 9 June 2011