Becker's Hospital Review

Florida system shrinks unnecessary C. diff testing by 20%

After piloting new Clostridioides difficile guidelines for nine months, Memorial Healthcare System reduced unnecessary treatments by 20.1%, according to a study published June 27 in the American ...
News Medical

Reducing inappropriate C. difficile testing with a diagnostic stewardship approach

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) describes the outcome of a new approach to testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) guided by the principles of ...
Becker's Hospital Review

56% Increase in C. diff Due in Part to Improved Detection

56% Increase in C. diff Due in Part to Improved Detection Hospitals that switched Clostridium difficile testing from nonmolecular to molecular methods recorded a 56 percent increase in recorded C.
EurekAlert!

Diagnostic stewardship approach to C. diff reduces unnecessary testing

Arlington, Va. — June 27, 2024 — A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) describes the outcome of a new approach to testing for Clostridioides difficile (C.
EurekAlert!

Study shows hospital policy allowing nurses to initiate C. difficile testing could reduce infection spread and associated morbidity

Arlington, Va., May 11, 2023 – A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggests that allowing bedside nurses to independently order testing for C. difficile ...
News Medical

Testing policy change could reduce the burden of C. diff infections

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggests that allowing bedside nurses to independently order testing for C. difficile significantly decreased the amount ...
Becker's ASC

Staff Education Tool: Testing for C. Diff Video

The CDC provides a free online video for healthcare providers on testing for Clostridium difficile. In the video, Dr. Carolyn Gould, a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Healthcare Quality ...
FierceBiotech

FDA slaps hold on Finch's C. diff med to get info on COVID-19 screening for donor-derived therapy

Finch Therapeutics' phase 3 trial for a Clostridioides difficile med has been placed on clinical hold by the FDA as the agency requests more information on how the biotech screens the donor-derived ...
Healio

‘No clear efficacy benefit’ to combining bezlotoxumab with FMT in IBD, recurrent C. diff

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More patients in the bezlotoxumab group experienced recurrence vs. the placebo group (13% vs. 3%). Steroid use ...
WRBL

Decubitus Ulcers: C-diff and Recurrent C-diff Both Expected Complications

— Greg Vigna, M.D., J.D. SANTA BARBARA, CA, UNITED STATES, August 3, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- “Prolonged IV antibiotics are necessary for the treatment of Grade ...
Business Insider

I got C. diff from antibiotics. I had diarrhea for 13 days and had to bleach the bathroom after using it.

When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...