The risk of getting a deadly, treatment-resistant infection in a hospital or nursing home is dropping for the first time in decades, thanks to new guidelines on antibiotic use and stricter cleaning ...

Researchers conducted a model-based economic evaluation to find the cost-effective healthcare intervention for lowering C. diff rates. They synthesized efficacy evidence from research literature and ...

A new mathematical model highlights the challenges of preventing Clostridioides difficile transmission in the hospital. Frequently touched surfaces and objects account for three-quarters of ...

Clostridiumdifficile infection spreads easily and is a frequent cause of death among hospitalized older adults.

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.

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 ...

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When Roye-Horn alerted the CDC to the changes in C. diff patients at Hunterdon, she discovered that it was among the first hospitals in the United States to develop the NAP1 strain. At the time there ...