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Clostridium Difficile
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- 1What type of bacteria is C. difficile?Anaerobic - doesn't need oxygen. Usually lives in the large intestine
- 2How do you kill the spores? (4 ways)Soap and water
Sporicidal wipes
Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV)
Bleach and water - 3What makes C.difficile so difficult to kill?It's a spore, not a virus.
The spores are extremely hardy
Can live for 5 months devoid of food. - 4List the 6 symptomsDiarrhoea
Pyrexia
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Abdominal pain
Classic smell - 5What complication can arise from C. difficile?Pseudomembranous colitis - perforations in bowel allow faeces to leak into the abdominal cavity. Added symptom of blood in the faeces
- 6How is it spread?Same as any infection really - person to person, poor hand hygiene, environmental contamination; commodes, bedrails, tables, lockers, door handles etc etc.
- 7What 4 types of patients are most at risk?Elderly
Those with a serious underlying illness
Those on broad spectrum antibiotics
Those that are critically ill, such as ITU or dialysis patients. - 8What are the three main risks to patients?Malnutrition
Malabsorption
Dehydration - 9What acronym is used?SIGHT
S = suspect infective cause
I = Isolate patient
G = Gloves and aprons
H = Hand washing
T - Test the stool - 10Treatment?Metronidazole 400mg & stop broad spectrum antibiotics.
Live yogurt
Brewers yeast
Faecal enemas
Faecal transplant - 11What are the control measures?As well as SIGHT, the patient must be symptom free for 48 hours and the room treated with HPV if possible. Early isolation is key to prevent the spread.
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