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NIT EIGHT Deviations in Pediatric Health TEAM WORKS Short Answer Questions While working at a large public health pediatric clinic, a family brings a child in withsi dration, weight loss, and a 1 week history of diarhea. After taking vital signs and preporict dehy to be seen by the nurse proctitioner, you overhear the family talking abou the daid had just been hospitalized for 2 weeks with a history of diarhea requiring antibiotics. You are condehle that the child might have been exposed to Clostridum dificile. You become concerned about the chid needing isolation precautions while in the clinic. 1. Who do you need to tell about your concerns? 2. What type of isolation should you implement while the child is in the clinic? . What is the number one measure to prevent the spread of C. difficile@ AFETY STAT

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Answer: Clostridium is an infection and inflammation of colon caused by bacteria known as clostridium difficle. The patient's family should know about the concerned about this disease as well as the physician.

As this bacteria doesn't easily washed or killed, sufficient hygiene should be maintained before touhitou the patient. Not only the parents but healthcare professionals should take precautions while touching the patient to decrease the spread or transmission of the diseases from one Patient to other. The main purpose of isolation is to prevent the germs and make patient recover soon.

The clostridium difficle can be prevented by proper hygiene maintenance as well as choice of the antibiotics should be carefully done by the healthcare professionals.