Search results for "C. difficile"
Recent Research
C. diff risk, discharge bundles, transfusion strategies, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2015
Review evaluates evidence for wipes, UV, and other hospital cleaning methods
Only 11% of environmental cleaning studies were randomized controlled trials, and few focused on outcomes like patient infection or colonization, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/12/3.htm
12 Aug 2015
Ventilators, patch, and injections recalled
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/fda.htm
15 Aug 2015
Molecular testing for C. difficile leads to overdiagnosis, increased costs, study finds
Patients who had positive PCR tests for C. difficile but negative toxin immunoassays were unlikely to have C. difficile-related complications and deaths.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/1.htm
16 Sep 2015
Engaging a team to stop C. diff
A 528-bed acute care hospital reduced C. diff rates by 53% over 2 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/success-story-clostridium-difficile.htm
15 Oct 2015
Recent Research
Urinalysis orders, resistant infections, molecular C. diff testing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2015
In the News
Physician-owned vs. non-physician-owned hospitals, evidence on cleaning methods, barrier precautions during arterial catheter insertion, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2015
Rapid testing for infectious disease
A potential boon but no magic bullet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/rapid-tests-ID.htm
15 Jan 2016
Hospital found little C. difficile transmission after discontinuing contact precautions
Hospital personnel still wore disposable gloves for all body substance contact, and infected patients used dedicated toilets. The patients stayed in rooms with 2 to 4 beds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/23/1.htm
23 Nov 2016
The return of penicillin
How to fight drug resistance without inducing allergic reactions
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/penicillin-comeback.htm
15 Jan 2017