Medical Xpress

Diagnostic stewardship approach to C. diff reduces unnecessary testing

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) describes the outcome of a new approach to testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), guided by the principles of ...
Healio

Test restrictions more effective than EHR-based support at reducing C. difficile testing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lewis and colleagues tested the three EHR-based interventions at three hospitals. The first intervention, ...
Telegraph & Argus

C diff cases 'missed by testing'

Tests for the Clostridium difficile infection are missing up to 20% of cases and falsely diagnosing thousands of others, researchers have said. A study by St George's, University of London, and St ...
Medical Xpress

Hospital policy allowing nurses to initiate C. difficile testing could reduce infection spread and associated morbidity

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 amount ...
Becker's ASC

Staff Education Tool: Testing for C. Diff Video

The CDC provides a free online video for healthcare providers on testing for Clostridium difficile. In the video, Dr. Carolyn Gould, a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Healthcare Quality ...
News Medical

Testing policy change could reduce the burden of C. diff infections

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 amount ...
EurekAlert!

Current Clostridium difficile hospital tests not accurate enough and new 2-stage process needed

Current hospital tests for the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) are not accurate enough and a new two-stage process should be introduced to avoid misdiagnosis and its consequences. These ...
Business Insider

First Light Diagnostics Receives FDA Clearance for its Rapid Clostridiodes difficile Test on the MultiPath® Analyzer

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Light Diagnostics is developing and commercializing breakthrough automated diagnostic products for rapidly detecting infections and determining ...
Healio

Repeat PCR testing ‘should not be used’ to predict recurrent C. difficile infection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Saha and colleagues conducted a prospective study of 50 patients (median age, 51 years; 66% female) with CDI at ...
Becker's Hospital Review

EMR ‘nudge’ cuts unneeded C. diff tests, study finds

An EMR-based alert helped reduce unnecessary orders for testing for Clostridioides difficile infection in hospitals, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
The St. Augustine Record

DR. ROACH | Tests for C. diff can be wrong

Dear Dr. Roach: I had two previous episodes of C. diff and was treated with vancomycin. My stool tests the first time were negative. Recently, I got the same symptoms, and the doctor did a stool test ...