When a patient is diagnosed as haveing C. difficle

• private room
• contact precautions. That means wearing gloves whenever you enter the patient's room and when touching the patient, anything he touches, or any surface or piece of equipment in his room.
• contact physician and D/C all antidiarrhea medication
• document stool frequency and consistency
• disinfect ALL equipment before it leaves the pt. room with a hypochlorite-based disinfectant.
• Pt. may be taken out of isolation only after s/he has received 7 complete days of therapy and is asymptomatic.
• Wear gowns and masks when changing grossly contaminated linens
• If possible, use disposable equipment, such as thermometers or blood pressure cuffs