C. diff

Considered an epidemic, with significant increases in the last several years, C. diff is a hospital-acquired infection which affects 500,000 patients and causes 17,500 deaths every year.

C. diff is an intestinal bacteria that lives in about 5% of the general population, but does not harm most people until their immune systems are compromised by an illness and/or antibiotics. It is usually transmitted through fecal-oral contact, and because C. diff has heat-resistant spores, the bacteria can survive a cold hospital environment for a long period of time.

You can help prevent the spread of C. diff in hospitals by being an informed, alert advocate. Follow this simple checklist, which also helps you detect the infection in its early stages.

You can also visit the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths’ tips to prevent C. diff.

• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  It's a fact: 1-in-3 hospital patients is accidentally harmed every year in U.S. hospitals.

  
  

  300,000 patients die by accident too -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year.

  
  

  We have smart, caring nurses and doctors -- but hospital care is complex. Resources are strained. And everyone suffers when patients are harmed.

• The solution? Simple Checklists!

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