Deadly Diarrhea: C. difficile causes immense suffering, death
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DEADLY DIARRHEA: C. DIFFICILE CAUSES IMMENSE SUFFERING, DEATH
IMPACT
500,000
Caused close to half a million illnesses in one year.
RISK
Caused 15,000 deaths in one year
Comes back at least once in about 1 in 5 patients who get C. difficile.
1 in 11 people 65 and older died within a month of C. difficile infection diagnosis.
People on antibiotics are 7-10 times more likely to get C. difficile while on the drugs and during the month after.
SPREAD
Being in healthcare settings, especially hospitals or nursing homes.
More than 80% of C. difficile deaths occurred in people 65 and older.
Touching unclean surfaces, especially those in healthcare settings, contaminated with feces from an infected person.
PREVENT
Dirty hands.
Failing to notify other healthcare facilities when patients with C. difficile transfer from one facility to another.
Improve prescribing of antibiotics.
Use best tests for accurate results to prevent spread.
Rapidly identify and isolate patients with C. difficile.
Wear gloves and gowns when treating patient with C. difficile. Remember that hand sanitizer doesn't kill C. difficile.
Clean room surfaces with EPAapproved, spore-killing disinfectant (such as bleach), where C. difficile patients are treated.
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