C Diff Prevention

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.

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 …

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.

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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.

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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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Dr. Tamás Haidegger talks about his work to develop an AI-based scanner that tracks hand hygiene to prevent C difficile and other infections.

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.

Clostridioides difficile, often called C. difficile or C. diff., is a bacteria spread by microscopic spores.  Clostridium difficile is the former

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.

A pair of values-based incentive programs at US hospitals were linked to a decline in C difficile.

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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%.

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a significant cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-mediated intestinal diseases and is a growing global public health concern. Overuse of antibiotics and their effect on normal intestinal flora has increased the incidence and severity of infections. T …

A computerized clinical decision support tool to prompt use of probiotics for primary prevention of Clostridioides difficile (CDI) infection was not associated

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Impact of a pulsed xenon disinfection system on hospital onset Clostridioides difficile infections in 48 hospitals over a 5-year period https://t.co/b9WdzH2fzv #cdi #cdiff— Dave Roberts (@CDifficile1) October 21, 2021

The findings of this study indicate a strong inverse relationship between the utilization of the pulsed xenon intervention and HO-CDI rates.