C-Diff, and isolation precautions

[katrinabreck]

I know that some facilities have taken out isolation precautions on some contageous infections. Should a facility stop using isolation precautions when dealing with infections such as C-Diff?

[Shawn4z]

My very first nursing job, (Rehab. facility) attempted to isolate for c.Diff but it was a joke. The gown & mask container was always empty, and the patients were mostly ambulatory so they walked around the facility anyway. The infection rate was insane 12-15 of the 20 patients on my hall had c.Diff at any given time and the rooms were only given a standard cleaning after the patient was discharged so the next patient was often infected. I am a METICULOUS handwasher. I did not know better and went to work on antibiotics that I was taking for my Diverticulitis, and I contracted c.Diff. My life has been turned upside down, as I have been battling this infection for 6 months. With some diligent cleaning and meticulous hygiene and handwashing I have been able to protect my family who lives in the same house as me from contracting it, so why is it so difficult to keep transmission down in the facilities, I do not understand.