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switched to vancomycin 125 mg q.d.s. for a further 10 days? disease is initially diagnosed as severe 5 day review documented in the patients’ notes Were consultations requested from surgery, gastroenterology and microbiology depts.? Consider time to seeking referral and, time to referral taking place If ileus was detected was 500mg metronidazole IV t.d.s. added to the regimen until the ileus resolved. Was all monitoring continued until the patient was symptom free for 48hours? Review patient’s notes If the patient re-developed symptoms after 48hours symptom free, were precautions reintroduced promptly? Bowels monitored for duration of admission? If the patient developed recurrent disease (from and subsequent episodes), was Review patient’s drug kardex
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