C Diff Prevention

Any decrease in the devastation of Clostridioides difficile is welcomed, but an investigative team brought the numbers down by 50%. See what control measures they used.

Residents of nursing homes (NHs) are particularly susceptible to infection, and these facilities, particularly those that provide post-acute care services, are high-risk settings for the rapid spread of communicable respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria …

Clostridium difficile causes nearly 500 000 annual infections in the USA. A total of 15 000-30 000 US deaths annually and greater than US$4.8 billion dollars are related to Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Length of hospital stay is 2.8 -5.5 additional days and inpatient costs ar …

A large database study found an association between probiotics and increased risk of fatal bacteremia in the ICU.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 18, 2022.

Most often, the first place a patient enters a hospital is through the emergency department and sometimes by emergency medical services. Where else to better stop Clostridioides difficile from coming into the hospital than at the entrance?

A new in vitro research study conducted by the Eurofins Labs confirmed efficacy of Doctor's Biome proprietary blend of probiotics (10 lactobacilli and 5 bifidobacteria) in inhibition of Clostridium difficile (C. diff); a life-threatening diarrhea-causing bacteria.

The number of pediatric infections caused by Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) decreased from 2013 to 2019, likely due to an increase in antibiotic stewardship programs and improved hospital contact protocols, Vanderbilt researchers found.

The success or failure of a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) program is often evaluated using a designated set of metrics. However, these metrics change over time, and an understanding of these changes is critical to properly judge the efficacy of the CDI effort. The authors propose a model of …

There is an ongoing search for alternative treatments for Clostridioides difficile infections. The aim of the study was to investigate the antibacterial and antibiotic activity of bee products against C. difficile strains with different polymerase chain reaction ribotypes (RTs). The mi …

I was really pleased to have the opportunity to speak at IPS this year on how important it is to choose our words carefully and talk the same language to connect with our audience when communicatin…

November is Clostridioides difficile (C diff) awareness month. The Peggy Lillis Foundation hopes to use the month to increase the public’s awareness of the dangers of the infection.

November is C. diff (Clostridioides Difficile) Awareness Month. C. diff is a serious infection that can cause life-threatening side effects. In an effort to raise awareness, we developed this graphic for @CDC_NCEZID . #CDiffAwareness #CDiff #healthcommuniation #adagency pic.twitter.com/3IYDl5mvo9— CATMEDIA (@CATMEDIATweet) November 1, 2022

C. diff Awareness Month is here, and so is our annual See C. diff campaign! Visit https://t.co/g6wQowXQZu and stay tuned for more information and help us raise C. diff awareness this November. #cdiff #seecdiff #cdiffawarenessmonth #seecdiffclearly pic.twitter.com/y0wLZFidjL— Peggy Lillis Fund (@PeggyFund) November 2, 2022

If you or someone in your home has C. diff, take these steps to make sure no one else gets it.

When you’re a patient, which room or bed you’re put in largely determines your risk of getting infected.

Lisa Winston, MD; Ryan Miller, DO; and Neha Nanda, MD, discuss measures to reduce the spread of health care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection.

The first in a series of infection prevention and control articles, Inivos discuss C.difficile prevention in a hospital environment.

Drs. Lodise and Feuerstadt discuss educational opportunities to combat and reduce C. difficile infection (CDI).

Dr. Chopra shares multipronged approach to reducing C. difficile infection (CDI) and the role of antimicrobial stewardship.

Patients hospitalized between 2017 and 2020 who were colonized with C. difficile were evaluated to determine the prevalence of hospital-onset CDI and its associated risk factors.

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Separating the contribution to host health benefits made by postbiotics already present in probiotic products is not straightforward. Are bacterial extracellular vesicles the future postbiotics? https://t.co/hh61MuaxaQ— GutMicrobiota Health (@GMFHx) October 25, 2022

In this retrospective cohort of adult hematology-oncology and transplant patients, discontinuation of universal gloving did not result in significant changes in rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection, Clostridioides difficile infection, or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonizati …

A history of safe use is a backbone of safety assessments for many current probiotic species, however, there is no global harmonization regarding requ…

When you’re a patient, which room or bed you’re put in largely determines your risk of getting infected.

Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a major challenge and the near patient surface is important in harbouring causes such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridioides difficile. Current approaches to decontamination are sub-optimal and many studies …

The push to heed warning from public health experts faces buzzsaw of end-of-year budgeting.