C. Difficile

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, explains why a vaccine to help prevent C. difficile is so needed.

Check out the third portion of our exclusive interview with Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, as we discuss how reducing antibiotics could be key to preventing C. difficile infections.

Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, sat down with Contagion® to discuss the challenges of disinfecting hospital rooms to prevent C. difficile.

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH, explains why hospital mattresses are harder to disinfect than other harder surfaces.

In an exclusive interview with Contagion®, Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, discusses different strategies to prevent and control C. difficile in health care facilities.

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, explains the risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection.

A testing stewardship effort found that using a “hard stop” alert system may help reduce inappropriate C. difficile testing.

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, sheds light on the estimated burden of C. difficile infection in the United States.

Norman B. Javitt, MD, PhD, explains how antibiotics can impact bile acid composition and result in Clostridium difficile infection.

Barley Chironda, RPN, CIC, discusses current infection control measures taken to prevent C. difficile and the reasons why they are falling short.

Hospital employees are increasingly using hospital infection rates to highlight gaps in training, education, and staffing.

Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS, provides a brief overview of the history of fecal microbiota transplantation.

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Stuart Johnson, MD, discusses the disadvantages to some of the current approaches used to treat C. difficile.