Transcription of REDUCING C. DIFFICILE INFECTIONS TOOLKIT - APIC
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Greater New York Hospital Association United Hospital Fund REDUCING C. DIFFICILE INFECTIONS TOOLKIT . BEST PRACTICES FROM THE GNYHA/UHF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLLABORATIVE. This TOOLKIT is based on published guidelines and the experiences of the facili- ties that participated in the GNYHA/UHF C. DIFFICILE Collaborative. The strate- gies, recommendations, and tools included are intended to provide a basic framework that can be customized to meet the needs of individual institutions regardless of size, academic teaching status, staffing model, patient popula- tion, or available resources. Although each institution faces unique challenges, this TOOLKIT is designed to provide individual institutions with a general guide to improve infection prevention practices. GNYHA makes no guarantees or warranties of any kind regarding the TOOLKIT , including, without limitation, guar- antees as to the accuracy of the information provided herein and warranties relating to the fitness of the information for any particular use or purpose.
3 PREFACE: OVERVIEW OF THE TOOLKIT CHAPTER I: WHY FOCUS ON C. DIFFICILE? This chapter discusses the burden of C. difficile infections and provides the rationale for hospitals to address C. difficile.An overview of the GNYHA/UHF and New York State Department of Health C. difficile Collaborative is also included.
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