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This resource is designed to assist primary health providers identify and manage patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the community.

This Guide supports implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and supplements the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare for the aged care workforce and those providing care for older people. The Guide outlines the basic principles of infection prevention and control and explains how to apply these principles using a risk-based approach.

This report summarises the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals during 2020 and 2021.

This info graphic highlights the key findings from the third CDI Technical report: Monitoring the national burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australian public hospitals: 2016 to 2018.

This report includes analyses of the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals in 2019.

This infographic highlights the key findings from the CDI technical report: Monitoring the national burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australian public hospitals: 2016 to 2018. 

This report provides an overview of national prevalence of CDI in 2016, 2017 and 2018, summarising the findings of each of these Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) data snapshot reports. 

This report includes analyses on the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals in 2018.

This report describes priority actions to prevent and manage of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australia.

This report includes analyses on the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals in 2017.

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is an anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive bacillus typically associated with gastrointestinal disease. Transmission of C. difficile occurs by ingestion of spores either through person-to-person contact, animal-to-person contact or environment-to-person contact.

This report describes the development of a model to monitor the national prevalence of CDI in Australian health service organisations.

This guide supports Australian health service organisations to implement surveillance of hospital-identified Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and contribute to national reporting. Criterion B1 of the CDI case definition was updated in August 2024 to include testing for CDI toxin gene(s) and ensure consistency with the current Public Health Laboratory Network CDI laboratory case definition.

This report includes analyses on the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals in 2016.