Reducing Clostridium difficile Portland Place, London 28 November 2007 Chaired by Professor Brian Duerden Inspector of Microbiology and Infection Control Department of Health     Claude Newson and Derek Butler attended the event in London which gave an opportunity to network and share experiences on quality care and patient safety.  There was an opportunity to reiterate concerns regarding 50 NHS Hospital Trusts who were not showing improvement or taking control of the situation regarding outbreaks of Clostridium difficile.  Derek outlined that if you get the safety culture in place then the quality of care is automatic and infections will reduce, some trusts were doing this, so there was a need to learn from the best.   Chaired by Professor Brian Duerden, presentations were given on the scale of the problem with Clostridium difficile in the UK and the high impact interventions to reduce infection rates.  Recognising and assessing risk on the wards, developing education, training and competence.  Changing practice in antibiotic prescribing.; reversing the trend; changing services and practice and implementing change in two weeks.        Monitoring and surveillance of Clostridium difficile: an update Andrew Pearson Health Protection Agency   Developing Education, Training and Competence on the Wards Janet Shepherd Deputy Chief Nurse, NHS London & Pat Cattini Head Infection Prevention and Control Nurse   Reducing Clostridium difficle Implementing Change in Two Weeks Dr Yasmin Drabu Medical Director – Barking, Havering and Redbridge Trusts        Click here to go to MRSA Action UK Homepage