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New Treatment Cures Clostridium Difficile

January 18, 2011 CBC News

Burnaby Hospital, DR. JEANNE KEEGAN-HENRY

Englanniksi taistelusta ulosteensiirrolla pelastaa potilaiden henki.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMS-yWSK7o 

FULL INTERVIEW

http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/indepthanalysis/gopublic/story/2011/01/17/bc-fecaltransplants.html


Video: Clostridium difficile

An expert in microbiology explains the causes of Clostridium difficile infection, the symptoms, treatment and how to prevent the spread of infection. 

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Clostridium-difficile/Pages/Introduction.aspx

 

Nurse Training & Infection Control: C. difficile

 Video clips of Envision's educational healthcare training program: "C. difficile: The 8-Minute Solution". Developed by APIC and Envision, this program educates all healthcare staff about protocols for preventing C. diff transmission and cleaning and disinfection procedures. For more information or a free video trial: www.EnvisionInc.net, toll free 1-866-321-5066 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUi4L0T6PFw

ICAAC: Hospital Surfaces Major Source of C. difficile

 SAN FRANCISCO -- Healthcare workers are just as likely to pick up Clostridium difficile spores from bed rails and other surfaces around a hospital room as from touching an infected patient's skin, researchers found.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPB5yApyXjs


Many hospital bugs 'neglected'

HOSPITAL INFECTION BREAKDOWN
Urinary tract infections - 20%
Lower respiratory tract infections - 20%
Gastrointestinal infections - 22%
Surgical site infections - 14%
Bloodstream infections - 7%
Skin and soft tissue infections - 10%
Report author Karen Taylor: "The department has got to start measuring all hospital acquired infections."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8095074.stm

C difficile

The symptoms of C difficile range from mild to very severe diarrhoea. An expert explains what C difficile is, how to avoid it, how it spreads and treatments that can control the disease. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsdzvW1hU4

Nurse Training & Infection Control: C. difficile

Video clips of Envision's educational healthcare training program: "C. difficile: The 8-Minute Solution". Developed by APIC and Envision, this program educates all healthcare staff about protocols for preventing C. diff transmission and cleaning and disinfection procedures. For more information or a free video trial: www.EnvisionInc.net, toll free 1-866-321-5066. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUi4L0T6PFw

CHCH News C diff lawyer speaks, July 10, 2008

Stanley Tick of Stanley M. Tick & Associates speaks with CHCH News on the C. difficile outbreak at Joseph Brant Hospital 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrnPk99hQo

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Clostridium difficile Infections CDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWbe41wIwAc

Bio-K+CL1285® against C. Difficile


abcNEWS

Health Alert: Drug-resistant Bacteria Clostridium Difficile 11.11.2008 

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6233224

 abcNEWS

An informational and educational video about Clostridium difficile

http://www.cdiinfo.org/educational_video.php

A video blog about Clostridium Difficile (c.diff)and what happened to my mother in law Winifred Dalton in Walsgrave Hospital Coventry by Mark Birtles

Clostridium difficilestä ja sen roolista sairaalabakteerina:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1i9imSE-0

Näin Clostridium difficile -sairaalabakteeriasioissa voidaan hakea korvausta UK:ssa - Cdiff or c.diff is a hospital acquired disease. Cdiff sufferers may be entitled to claim cdiff compensation. To find out more visit http://www.cdiff-compensation.co.uk 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2pTqaD4mLE&feature=related

 Healthcare Commission http://www.cdiff-compensation.co.uk

Part 2 of Wins Story (Clostridium Difficile) and the media report concerning Winifreds treatment at Walsgrave Hospital ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VixGuzUj0d0&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUi4L0T6PFw  

Clostridium difficile Infection: Is It In Our Backyards?

Paul Auwaerter, MD, discusses in his latest videoblog the increasing incidence of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection and the importance of appropriate patient evaluation and testing. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCb53OqlDlU

UK C. diff deaths 'rise sharply' 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7361150.stm

Since the Ontario government just sat back and let people die from C. Difficile infections, I think they should be tossed on their asses. Anyone want to join me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNBCUVsuWU

Baker anger at C. diff decision

No-one will face charges following an outbreak of Clostridium difficile which left 90 people dead at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in Kent between 2004 and 2006.

Former Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker, whose mother-in-law Doreen Ford died from C. diff at Maidstone Hospital, spoke to the BBC.

http://uk.truveo.com/Baker-anger-at-C-diff-decision/id/1969263619 

Hospitals 'fail' on bug controls

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/scotland_politics/7740124.stm

Bug probe head admits failings

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7737917.stm

No charges over C Diff deaths

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7533743.stm

'Death on the wards' 

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Professor Hugh Pennington, a bacteriology expert, explains what C.diff is and how hands are the bugs "best friends".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7710731.stm