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Clostridium difficile reporting

Mandatory monthly C. diff reporting ended with the close of December. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has issued a 2006 report. With monthly reporting ended, hospitals are required to report C. diff to the local board of health by the end of the next working day only if there is "an outbreak, unusual incidence or epidemic" of C. diff in the facility, according to 3701-03-05 of the Ohio Administrative Code.

The ODH report is expected to assist hospitals and nursing homes in determining when they have "an outbreak, unusual incidence or epidemic" of c. diff that requires a report.

Resources

ODH FAQs about interim/monthly reports - 9-07-06

C. diff Cases and Patient Days Report Form - 9-05-06

ODH C. diff Monthly Cases and Totaly Patient-Days Report - 8.30.06

ODH Interim Report for Rates of Clostridium difficile for Ohio Hospitals, January – June 2006 - 7.28.06

OHA suggested talking points: Clostridium difficile Reporting - 7.28.06

ODH spreadsheets: hospital and nursing home reporting of initial and recurrent cases for each period since Jan. 1, 2006

ODH statement: C.diff Reporting Extended - 6.26.06

ODH Director Nick Baird's journal entry - 6.28.06

ODH Advisory Committee on Emerging Infections meeting minutes - 2.21.0

CDC research: Increasing Rates of Clostridium difficile Infection Among Patients Discharged from US Short-Stay Hospitals, 1996–2003

ODH new reporting requirement - 3.31.06

ODH statement - 3.31.06

ODH Director Nick Baird's journal entry - 3.31.06

ODH revised reporting requirements - 1.20.06

ODH statement - 12.28.05

ODH Director Nick Baird's journal entry - 12.28.05

General info on C. diff

Reporting FAQs

Facts about Antibiotic Use and C. diff

Facts about C. diff Reporting

Questions?
Contact Rosalie Weakland at 614.2221.7614 or rosaliew@ohanet.org or Carol Jacobson at 614.221.7614 or carolj@ohanet.org.

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