| C Difficile Passport Launch |
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| Written by Peter Prokopa | |
| Thursday, 19 January 2012 | |
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Reducing healthcare associated infection remains a high priority for the West Midlands. Attached to this email are a number of resources as part of an initiative to reduce C difficile – the CDI passport. The idea behind the CDI passport is simple. It is issued to patients on diagnosis of C. difficile infection in hospital or by their GP. Subsequently the card should be shown whenever the person accesses health services eg. GP, pharmacy hospital etc.
This approach was initially piloted in NHS North West and proved highly successful and is now being introduced across the West Midlands. Some pharmacies are already involved (eg. ASDA through their national links with the North West). You may also wish to encourage staff to access the CPPE and HPA materials on this topic, simply click on the links. The card and associated mateials including instructions for clinicians can be found here
If you or colleagues are presented with the card by a patient, then you should use your professional discretion about the appropriate action to take. In most instances, this will be to contact the prescriber to ensure they are aware of the patient’s status, particularly if they are prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics or proton pump inhibitors.
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