~ Maine Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention Assessment (CDI or C. diff) ~ |
Purpose: This tool is designed to be completed once per facility by the infection preventionist (or the lead of CDI prevention), allowing for a further assessment of possible areas for improvement in CDI prevention practices.
Instructions for Use:
Instructions for Use:
1. The infection preventionist should partner with key partners (e.g., frontline staff representation, champion representation, quality personnel) to fill out the assessment.
o Please answer to current practices occurring and not just best practice policies to help identify any opportunities for improvement.
o The tool may be filled out anonymously by leaving the optional questions blank.
o Only one assessment per facility should be submitted.
2. Provide additional context to further interpret results and potential gaps in open text fields
o When answering open-text fields consider exceptions to the rule, variations by role, frequency, and challenges.