title: Improving compliance with the C. difficile root cause analysis tool to reduce incidence.
abstract: This article outlines a project to improve the effective application of root cause analysis to reduce rates of Clostridium difficile infection. Using a learning intervention and redefining infection-control practices produced better compliance with the root cause analysis tool on six medical elderly wards.
authors.affiliation: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015984:Causality; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic