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 ...

Understanding the need for a new antibiotic to treat C. diff, Acurx Pharmaceuticals ACXP is developing ibezapolstat, a novel first-in-class antibiotic currently in mid-stage clinical testing.

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 ...

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 ...

Key takeaways: Testing for C. difficile in the first 3 days of admission and proper care helped differentiate between community-acquired and hospital-onset cases.; The process resulted in a 61% ...

Results show: After the policy change, there were a relatively even proportion of physicians and nurses ordering the stool PCR labs (51.1% vs 48.9%, respectively).

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 ...