Page updated 5th March 2007
9.0. Antibiotic Prescribing
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The appropriate use of antibiotics will reduce the selection pressure for colonisation and infection with C. difficile .
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Staff prescribing antibiotics should adhere to the trust antibiotic prescribing guidelines.
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There should be a daily review of the need to continue antibiotics in all patients on antibiotics
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Where there is more than one case of C. difficile on a ward the prescriber should consider avoiding cepahalosporin use in other patients on the ward.
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In an outbreak all antibiotics in use in that area should be reviewed and the advice of the microbiologist should be sought.
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