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See Latest ArticlesInfection control and IV therapy in patients with Clostridium difficile
British Journal of Nursing, 09/23/09
Higginson R – Antibiotics administered to patients can alter normal gut flora, allowing the proliferation of C. difficile and causing antibiotic–associated diarrhoea and colitis. Such diarrhoea, if severe, can lead to dangerous dehydration and even hypovolaemia, especially in the elderly. To limit the physiological impact of diarrhoea, it is sometimes necessary to administer intravenous therapy. Although good clinical practice demands that infection control should be considered in all clinical situations, specific infection control procedures need to be adhered to when administering intravenous therapy to patients with C. difficile.
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