Isolation

Effective CDI patient isolation

Health Boards should ensure that there is effective isolation of any patient who is suspected of suffering from CDI, and that failure to isolate is reported to senior management.

Cohorting only exceptional

Health Boards should ensure that cohorting is not used as a substitute for single room isolation and is only resorted to in exceptional circumstances and under strict conditions of dedicated …

Isolation for infectious diarrhoea

Health Boards should ensure that appropriate steps are taken to isolate patients with potentially infectious diarrhoea.