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Saturday 06 December 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8842

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8842

Date Request Received: 11/08/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 12/08/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Information on materials provided to patients with C. difficile infection

Request Category: Charities



 
Question Number 1:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you tell us:

What information material do you provide to patients diagnosed with C. difficile infection in your care?

If possible, please provide either the material or a link to this information if available?
 
Answer To Question 1:
The Trust has several patient information leaflets which cover specific organisms/infections, and there is one for C.difficile.
We advise that the clinical and nursing teams provide the patient with the leaflet/use the information when informing the patient of the C.difficile result/diagnosis, to support verbal information that is provided. (Of note: the leaflet is currently under review).

Please see attached.


To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 Clostridium difficile leaflet.pdf
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