Mortality due to C difficile colitis in elderly people has been underestimated

tutes.We found that all the general practitioners offered counselling about hepatitis, screening, and hepatitis B vaccinations.The audit showed that, of 120 injecting drug users, 30 had been vaccinated against hepatitis B, 30 were immune, and 14 had chosen not to be screened.The hepatitis B status was not known in 42 users, two were carriers, and two had yielded negative results on testing but had not yet been vaccinated.