Nash notes that "Although staff was doing a good job, each person was doing it in their own way. We began a more streamlined approach, and we went to a two-step cleaning process where you clean once ...

Researchers conducted the study at two academic acute care hospitals, two community hospitals and an academic pediatric and women’s hospital. They examined the effect of a five-module educational ...

Late last year, The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati received a first-place award in a multi-state competition for its efforts to reduce Clostridium difficile infections among inpatients.

Clostridiumdifficile infection (also known as C. diff or CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is a frequent cause of death among hospitalized older adults. Keystone ...

Make sure to disinfect beds properly after they are used by someone with Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. According to a new study, staying in a bed previously used by a person with C. diff ...

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 ...