C Diff Prevention

The research team comprised of Shin Kurihara, Associate Professor of Department of Science and Technology on Food Safety, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University (Kinokawa, Wakayama); Hiroyuki Nakai, Associate Professor of Food Science Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Niigata University (Niigata, Japan); Rika Hirano, a graduate program research student …

When used daily and at post discharge in addition to standard environmental cleaning, UV-C disinfection did not reduce VRE or C. difficile infection rates in cancer and solid organ transplant units.

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A study found individuals receiving probiotics had a decrease in C. difficile diagnosed in stool samples than those who did not receive probiotics.

A study found individuals receiving probiotics had a decrease in C. difficile diagnosed in stool samples than those who did not receive probiotics.

The click, click, click of a hospital privacy curtain echoes through the room as Jeanna Hibbert pulls it down to be laundered. Hibbert has cleaned rooms…

An investigational therapy that uses the gut microbiome was safe and effective in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to data from five abstracts presented at IDWeek. RBX2660 is a potential first-in-class microbiota-based live biotherapeutic. Data presented at the conference were from two phase 3 trials and three phase 2 trials investigating its use in adults.

The year 2020 was the year of infectious diseases with the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, which represented a profound change in the world we knew. However, we present a brief description of some of the top infectious diseases articles from 2020 not related with SARS-CoV-2. We reviewed a selection of the mo …

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a common cause of nosocomial diarrhea. The multi-modal infection control strategies designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have had an unintended positive effect on other hospital-acquired infections. The aim of the present study was to ana …

Risk of bloodstream infection as a result of S. boulardii probiotic use appears restricted to S. boulardii recipients. Risk for probiotic-related bloodstream infection does not appear greater than the risk of any hospital-acquired bloodstream infection both inside and outside of the intensive care u …

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is clinically defined as diarrhea associated with antibiotic exposure - either while on antibiotics or for up to eight weeks after they have been

A cutting-edge piece of equipment, costing almost £20,000, has arrived at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in a bid to enhance hand hygiene training across staff.

/CNW Telbec/ - Bio-K Plus, a pioneer and probiotic specialist since 1994, announced that a recently published study ads to the ever-growing body of evidence...

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02462590.

No benefit seen versus placebo in randomized trial

Altered bowel habits are a consequence of CDI and are common after FMT. This study suggests that donor type and FMT delivery modality are not related to the presence of irregular gastrointestinal symptoms after FMT.

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Eating yogurt containing a particular strain of a well-studied probiotic appears to protect against harmful changes in the gut microbiome that are associated with antibiotic administration.

Thanks to Anne Savage – Senior Staff Nurse, ICU, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust – and Rachel Crisford, ICU Lead Nurse, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust – for this contri…

C. diff infections are common and dangerous. How do you get C. diff infections? What can you do to reduce your risk? Learn more...

C. diff infection is an old enemy and health care professionals have gathered an armamentarium of weapons against it, but it can be relentless.

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is clinically defined as diarrhea associated with antibiotic exposure - either while on antibiotics or for up to eight weeks after they have been

A study found individuals receiving probiotics had a decrease in C. difficile diagnosed in stool samples than those who did not receive probiotics.

The observed reduction in CDI may be attributed to heightened awareness of the study objectives and specific staff training. Individual interventions did not appear to reduce CDI prevalence. A further randomised trial would be necessary to confirm whether the bundle of interventions is truly effecti …

The deadly superbug, Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), is putting up a winning fight against hospital-grade disinfectants meant to kill it, reports a pharmacy professor in a study that helps explain why C. diff is so hard to eradicate. The survival of C. diff in hospitals and nursing homes is especially hazardous -- within one month of diagnosis, one in 11 people over age 65 died of a health care-associated C. diff infection.

The scientific evidence for these guidelines was evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation process. In instances where the evidence was not appropriate for Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation but there was consensus of significant clinical merit, key concept statements were developed using expert consensus. These guidelines are meant to be broadly applicable and should be viewed as the preferred, but not the only, approach to clinical scenarios....

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Clindamycin, fluoroquinolones, and ceftriaxone are associated with the highest risk of CDI.

MDRO hot spots can be defined by distance from the patient and from wastewater reservoirs. Evaluating how MDROs are enriched relative to bacterial DNA deposition helps to identify healthcare micro-environments and suggests how targeted environmental cleaning or design approaches could prevent MDRO p …