For the latter group, C. diff testing could not be ordered for patients who had been given laxatives within 48 hours, who had been treated for C. diff 14 to 24 days prior, or who had tested ...

For high-risk patients, such as those who were immunocompromised or had recently undergone gastrointestinal surgery, C. diff tests could be given even if other eligibility guidelines were not met.

After clinicians implemented the new guidelines, the percentage of unnecessary C. diff tests fell from 31.1% (among 106 patients) to 11% (224 patients).

EP: 5. Treatment Guidelines and Recommendations for C. Diff Infection EP: 6. Payer Perspectives on Coverage Criteria for Clostridium Difficile Treatments EP: 7.

It was an award that recognized a few years and many hours of work by the staff at The Jewish Hospital. In 2009, the hospital’s C. diff incidence rate was 25.27 per 10,000 patient days. “Our ...

People with ulcerative colitis are susceptible to an infection from a bacterium called Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. Here’s what to do if you think you have it.

CDI testing and CDI positivity were determined by reviewing the medical records of patients enrolled into the registry and diagnosed with IBD. According to the study, of 320 enrolled patients, 227 ...

In the video, Dr. Carolyn Gould, a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at CDC, discusses which patients should be tested for C. diff, which testing methods are ...

New hepatitis C guidelines from the European Association for the Study of the Liver and the World Health Organization aim to influence policy at a time of rapid scientific progress.

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research ...