The Infection Control Professionals of Southern New England provides a free, downloadable brochure on Clostridium Difficile infection. It also provides steps to properly wash hands with soap and water ...

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 ...

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

Christian John Lillis, cofounder and executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation for C difficile Education & Advocacy, explained how FDA-approved microbiome-based therapeutics help to treat and ...

A multifaceted approach focused on enforcing basic infection prevention practices and promoting education about Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) transmission led to a reduction in the number of ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Peggy Lillis Foundation for C. diff Education & Advocacy (PLF), the leading patient organization combating C. difficile infections (CDI), partners ...

Clostridium difficile, often called C. difficile or "C. diff," is a bacterium that causes diarrhea as well as more serious intestinal conditions, such as colitis, an inflammation of the colon. The ...

In the U.S., C. diff awareness month has begun. The event is being supported by the Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF), which is a non-profit founded for Peggy Lillis, who was a kindergarten teacher who ...

Everyone has a role to play in decreasing Clostridioides difficile infection rates on oncology units, recent research shows. Clostridioides difficile – commonly referred to as C. diff – is a serious ...

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.

Beacon High School will be closed Wednesday because of a confirmed case of a bacteria that can cause diarrhea and colitis. School staff learned on Tuesday of a confirmed case of C. diff, ...

Each year, about 500,000 people in the U.S. deal with gastrointestinal infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), and more than 20,000 die from these infections. A new study performed in mice ...