Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that can colonise the human large intestine, particularly after a patient has undergone a broad-spectrum course of antibiotics. The pathogen causes severe diarrhoea and is shed in faeces, allowing it to spread via the faecal-oral route through contaminated surfaces or the hands of healthcare workers.
Give two clinical precautions a nurse should take when caring for a patient infected with Clostridioides difficile to prevent spreading the pathogen to other individuals in a hospital ward.
