Letters
Clostridium difficile
Improvement targets for C difficile must be valid
BMJ 2007; 334 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39169.900475.1F (Published 05 April 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;334:709
- M A Cooper, director, infection prevention and control1,
- P M Hawkey, consultant medical microbiologist (peter.hawkey@heartofengland.nhs.uk)2
- 1Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Microbiology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP
- 2West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Birmingham Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS
We have identified a potentially distorting factor in the delivery of reductions in Clostridium difficile rates.1 A letter sent to chief executives of trusts, primary care trusts, and strategic health authorities in England in December 2006 stated that the forthcoming NHS operating framework for 2007-8 and the NHS contract require primary care trusts to agree a local target with their acute hospital providers for a significant reduction in C difficile infections.2 The target …
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