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Contagion Live Presents: Where Are We With Clostridioides Difficile?

Contagion Live Presents: Where Are We With Clostridioides Difficile?

MEDIA PARTNER In this episode, our 1 Big Question is: Looking at C diff as a whole, would you say the medical community is doing a better job overall of treatment and what challenges remain? We interviewed Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS, who is professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic; Glenn Tillotson, PhD, FIDSA, FCCP, GST Micro LLC; Payal K. Patel, MD,…

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C. diff. Infection and Sepsis Overview During a One Year Follow Up

C. diff. Infection and Sepsis Overview During a One Year Follow Up

Paul Feuerstadt, MD Sepsis was a common Clostridioides difficile infection (C diff) complication throughout a 12-month follow-up period and was most commonly observed in the cohort of patients with 3 or more C diff infection recurrences, according to a paper published in SAGE Open Medicine. Investigators from around New England conducted a retrospective analysis of more than 46,000 adult…

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          Increased risk for Clostridium difficile (C diff) infection remained elevated for up to a year after the conclusion of treatment with proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), according to a paper published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.   Malin Inghammar, PhD Source and to read the article in its entirety please click on the following link to be…

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Air Fryer Chicken Recipe

Air Fryer Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

1 to 4 Chicken Breasts (skinless/boneless)

2 tsp Olive Oil

1/4 tsp Salt – as desired

1/4 tsp Pepper – as desired

1/4 tsp Garlic Powder 

To Prepare:

Brush the chicken pieces with olive oil.

Sprinkle one side with salt, pepper, as desired. Spices can be omitted or replaced with spices of choice.

Place the breast in the air fryer basket seasoned side down. Then season…

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CoViD-19 Hospital Xenon Disinfection for Reuse – Masks, PPE Suits & Gloves

Hmmm, hospital staff & EMS reusing surgical masks/outfits….

Is it not possible to put the masks & gear on racks, put them in a room with a Xenon disinfectant machine and sterilize the gear for reuse…???

These are portable Xenon generating machines that uses high intensity flashes of ‘germicidal’ UV light to zap bacteria, germs, contamination and viruses. Some hospitals have them – so why not use…

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