Impact of Statewide Prevention and Reduction of Clostridioides difficile (SPARC), a Maryland public health-academic collaborative: an evaluation of a quality improvement intervention
To evaluate changes in Clostridioides difficile incidence rates for Maryland hospitals that participated in the Statewide Prevention and Reduction of C. difficile (SPARC) collaborative. Pre-post, difference-in-difference analysis of non-randomised intervention using four quarters of pr …
A systematic review and meta-analysis of decontamination methods to prevent hospital environmental contamination and transmission of Clostridioidesdifficile - PubMed
The current guidelines suggest that hospital rooms previously occupied with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) patients should be decontaminated with recommended decontamination methods because C. difficile can persist on surfaces despite adherence to the recommended procedures. Recently, ultr …
Infection Prevention Practices, Frontline Education Led to Decrease in C difficile Infections - AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
A multifaceted approach focused on enforcing basic infection prevention practices and promoting education about Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) transmission led to a reduction in the number of infections in a hospital setting.
Lacticaseibacillus casei Strain T21 Attenuates Clostridioides difficile Infection in a Murine Model Through Reduction of Inflammation and Gut Dysbiosis With Decreased Toxin Lethality and Enhanced Mucin Production
Clostridioides difficile is a major cause of diarrhea in patients with antibiotic administration. Lacticaseibacillus casei T21, isolated from a human gastric biopsy, was tested in a murine C. difficile infection (CDI) model and colonic epithelial cells (Caco-2 and HT-29). Daily …
Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data - IEEE Spectrum
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, “On any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection.” Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have developed a new method for identifying outbreaks and their transmission routes.
Reduction in Health Care Facility-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Quality Improvement Initiative
A novel prevention bundle improved C difficile diagnostic stewardship and HCFO CDI incidence by reducing testing of inappropriate orders. Such initiatives targeting HCFO CDI may positively affect patient safety and hospital reimbursement.
Lactobacillus casei Zhang exerts probiotic effects to antibiotic-treated rats
Probiotics administration can facilitate the restoration of host gut microbiota/metabolome after antibiotic treatment. Yet, the mechanism behind such beneficial effects remains unclear. This study constructed a rat model of antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis to monitor the effects and mechanism of pro …
A systematic review and meta-analysis of decontamination methods to prevent hospital environmental contamination and transmission of Clostridioidesdifficile
The current guidelines suggest that hospital rooms previously occupied with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) patients should be decontaminated with recommended decontamination methods because C. difficile can persist on surfaces despite adherence to the recommended procedures. Recently, ultr …
PPIs induced Risk of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infections and Rationale for Use of Probiotics:... - Medical Dialogues
Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) in India is still an under-recognized etiology of diarrhea. This is largely due to lack of clinical suspicion, difficulty in culturing the
Does Ultraviolet-C Light Disinfection Decrease the Rate of Hospital-Acquired Infections?
Researchers conducted a study to determine whether disinfecting hospital rooms with ultraviolet-C light decreases the incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Clostridioides difficile infections in immunocompromised adults.
Evaluation of the therapeutic effect and dose-effect of Bifidobacterium breve on the primary Clostridioides difficile infected mice
Probiotics are widely used as an adjuvant agent for the prevention of primary Clostridioides difficile infection (pCDI) and are less commonly used in the treatment of pCDI. Here, the different doses of Bifidobacterium breve YH68 were used to treat the pCDI mouse model and the actual therapeutic effe …
Prevention of Infection due to Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile infection (CDI) causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States every year. Prevention of CDI is difficult because of spore durability and requires implementation of multipronged strategies. Two categories of prevention strategies are infection …
Unite and Conquer: Infection control professionals in their “golden moment” - Shared Health
By the Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityOriginally published November 8 in the Winnipeg Free Press The current COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on a group of healthcare workers that few know existed. This group are the infection prevention and control professionals, who are in their global “golden moment”. The overriding goal of infection prevention and […]
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Highlights from the morning session of the C Diff Foundation Conference included data about Pfizer's investigational vaccine, insights about Seres Therapeutics microbiome therapeutic, and a look at CDI incidence rates around COVID-19.
Start-Up PURioLABS Aims to Revolutionize Infection Prevention with Mobile Disinfection Cabinet
DALLAS, November 02, 2021--Infection prevention is a top priority for U.S. healthcare systems as cross-contamination and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) cost the industry more than $28 billion and nearly 100,000 lives each year. Dallas, Texas-based start-up, PURioLABS has developed a high-level, portable disinfection cabinet called PURitALL designed to provide rapid infection microbe-killing on high-touch devices and supplies at the point of care.
Winterproof your IPC plan in 7 easy steps - Hub Publishing
Is your Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) system fit for purpose? Rose McNeill, Head of Strategy at Perfect Ward, shares her top tips for getting the most from Infection Prevention and Contro…
Battling HAIs: A Primer for Infection Preventionists - Infection Control Today
In order of occurrence, the most common types of HAIs are catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) at 32%; surgical site infection (SSI) at 22%; pneumonia (ventilator-associated pneumonia) at 15%; and central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) at 14%.