BUG buster teams are set to carry out hygiene spot-checks at Scots hospitals.
Health centres and GP clinics will also be subject to inspections, which will take place without advance warning.
The teams will ensure all health workers are keeping up cleanliness standards.
Nine people died after being infected with Clostridium difficile during an outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
In total, 55 people were affected by the bug between December last year and June this year.
Health minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that higher standards of inspection and monitoring are required and has not ruled out a public inquiry.
She said: “The new method of assessment that NHS boards will now be required to follow is in the process of development but it must be independent, robust and transparent to all.”
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