C. Diff Prevention
C. Diff PreventionWhen receiving medical care, you can be at risk for infection. One is more common than others. When youtake antibiotics, the bad germs causing you to be sick are killed. But at the same time, good germs that protectyou against infection are destroyed. This enables other germs such as C. Difficile to multiply and cause you tobecome sick.“When you take antibiotics and disrupt that balance which may allow C. Difficile, an angry player toemerge as a primary organism in your colon and then that’s what can cause disease.”You can also come into contact with C. Difficile from a contaminated surface or even from the hands of yourhealthcare provider if not properly cleansed.“If we’re going to be dealing with stool then, we want to make sure that we wear gloves, so we don’tcome in contact with the microorganism that is in feces.”Handwashing with soap and water is key to preventing C. Diff. Not only for healthcare workers but for you andyour loved ones.“Family members, patients, healthcare workers whenever they have a patient that has C. Difficilehandwashing should be what they do.”C. Difficil can be very serious.“We’re talking about severe diarrhea that can very debilitating, cause hospitalization, and some casessurgery. And unfortunately, in some cases death.”Because C. Diificile can survive for months on surfaces, like the table in your hospital room, it’s important thatyour room is cleaned and disinfected regularly by the specially trained staff at the hospital.“This is important that environmental services continue to clean and disinfect the room. They should bethere at least daily, sometimes more than once.”This program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness,or suitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.VER59323B EN CDiffPrevention.pdf© The Wellness NetworkPage 1 of 1
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