Which interventions does the nurse implement for the patient diagnosed with Clostridium difficile? Select all that apply.

Avoid rooming with other patients , Have staff wear a gown when in the patient’s room. With a clostridium difficile infection, contact precautions should be followed plus hand-washing using soap and water. This includes avoiding rooming the patient with other patients and having staff wear a gown when in the patient’s room. People with illness may visit the patient, this is only restricted with neutropenic precautions. Clostridium difficile infections spread via spores that cannot be killed with alcohol-based hand sanitizer; soap and water must be used during hand hygiene. Masks are necessary with droplet precautions, not with contact precautions.

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