Reduced Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitalised older people through multiple quality improvement strategies.

Objectives: To reduce infections with Clostridioides difficile (CDI) in geriatric patients by interventions easily implementable in standard clinical care.

Methods: Prevalence and incidence of CDI between January 2015 and February 2020 were analysed (n = 25,311 patients). Pre-intervention status was assessed from April 2016 to March 2017 (n = 4,922).

[Geriatrics - an interdisciplinary challenge].

The care of elderly patients will continue to challenge the healthcare system over the next decades. As a rule geriatric patients suffer from multimorbidities with complex disease patterns, and the ability to cope with everyday life is severely reduced. Treatment is provided by a multiprofessional geriatric team, and the primary goal is improvement of functional status, quality of life in the social environment and autonomy by employing a holistic approach.