A Quality Committee's Evaluation of Surgical Intervention for Clostridium difficile Infection

A two-year retrospective evaluation was performed to examine the effectiveness of a screening tool for patients requiring surgical intervention for C diff and to determine whether treatment was timely and effective. Early, aggressive surgical intervention appears to be the single most effective treatment for fulminant C diff colitis. AORN J 90 (August 2009) 192-200. © AORN, Inc, 2009.