/ en Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:51:42 -0500 Wed, 06 Nov 24 15:15:26 -0600 /news/headline/2024-11-06-cdc-report-shows-decreases-certain-health-care-associated-infections-2023 <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nov. 6 released its annual <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/data/progress-report.html">progress report</a> on health care-associated infections, which showed continued decreases in hospitalizations last year. There was a 16% decrease in hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA; a 15% decrease in central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSI; a 13% decrease in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection; an 11% decrease in catheter-associated urinary tract infections; and a 5% decrease in ventilator-associated events. The declines align more closely with progress made prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the CDC said. <br><br>For inpatient rehabilitation facilities, there was a 14% decrease in hospital-onset C. difficile infection and an 8% increase in CAUTI in 2023, but no significant changes in CLABSI and hospital-onset MRSA standardized infection ratios compared with 2022. Among long-term care hospitals, there was a 13% decrease in hospital-onset C. difficile infections but no significant changes in 2023 SIRs compared with 2022. <br><br>The report recommends facilities continue reinforcing prevention practices and review HAI surveillance data to identify areas for improvement.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:15:26 -0600 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI) /education-events/new-approach-mitigating-clostridiodes-difficile-c-diff-transmission-while-saving-direct-cost-hospital-may-18 <div class="TTevent"> /* Forces the event Content Type to be 100% */ .container .row .col-md-8{ width: 100% } .event-registration-link a{ margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block; text-align: center; } .event-registration-link a.btn-block { max-width: 300px; } .TTevent h3{ color:#002855; } .TTeventBonus{ color:#9d2235; font-weight:700; font-style: italic; } .TTeventdate{ font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; color: #555555bb; line-height: 20px; } .TTeventSponsor img{ max-height:100px; } <p class="TTeventBonus">BONUS SPONSORED WEBINAR!</p> <p class="TTeventdate">May 18, 2023</p> <p>Every year, thousands of patients across the United States are impacted by the effects of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (HO-CDIs). With infections estimated at half a million per year, and health care costs amounting to $5.4 billion in excess, health systems are in critical need of more effective solutions to reduce HO-CDIs than are currently being employed.</p> <p>In a recent study, “Mitigating hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile: The impact of an optimized environmental hygiene program in eight hospitals,” researchers achieved a sustained 50% decrease in HO-CDIs across eight Trinity Health hospitals. This was the first-ever controlled study of a single type of intervention—in this case, optimized environmental hygiene—to decrease the transmission of C. diff. The intervention consisted of a standardized cleaning process, training, objective CDC approved cleaning monitoring and feedback to staff on cleaning thoroughness, in order to reduce infections.</p> <p>In this webinar, we examine the limitations of current interventions to prevent transmission of C. diff. We then explore the results of the study and other relevant published studies. Finally, we present the manner in which an effective environmental hygiene program to reduce HO-CDI is implemented and the critical role EVS personnel played.</p> <h4>Learning Objectives:</h4> <ul> <li>Discuss the study design and the novel approach taken</li> <li>Examine the difference in products and methods used at the participating hospitals</li> <li>Quantify the patient health benefits and the hospital’s direct savings which results from such a program</li> </ul> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5"> <h4>Speakers:</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Philip C. Carling, MD</strong><br> <em>Director of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology</em>, Carney Hospital</li> <li><strong>Billy Fischer</strong><br> <em>Regional Director of Operations for Environmental Services, Laundry/Linen Services, and Transportation for Trinity Hospitality Services</em>, Trinity Health</li> </ul> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2023/05/AHA_Team_Training_Sponsored_Webinar_Slides_Ecolab_May_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Download the slides</a></p> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <div></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h4>SPONSORED BY:</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <p><a href="https://www.ecolab.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Ecolab" src="/sites/default/files/2023-05/Ecolab_Logo_Blue_RGB_200.png"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-embed-button="webform_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:webform.token" data-entity-type="webform" data-entity-uuid="0b43a680-6f37-4d3f-9bf9-4cd6c7c7ddc5" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"> <div id="edit-processed-text" class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-processed-text form-item- js-form-item- form-no-label"> <div class="TTwebinarHide"> .webform-submission-form { max-width: 700px; } .TTwebinarHide{ display:none } .event-content.panel .TTwebinarHide { display:block; background-color: #fff; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; border: solid 2px #307FE2; text-align: center; } <p><a href="/center/team-training">Team Training</a> offers a variety of webinars - view our <a href="/center/team-training/webinars">current offering(s)</a> or browse the <a href="/center/team-training/webinars/library">library</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 02 May 2023 23:48:45 -0500 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI) /center/cdi-prevention-collaborative/form/registration Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:54:52 -0500 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI) /center/cdi-prevention-collaborative/form/thankyou Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:11:26 -0500 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI) /center/strive Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:40:57 -0500 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI) /sponsored-executive-dialogues/2020-06-05-laboratorys-role-improving-c-difficile-rates <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h4 class="sponsortype">Executive Dialogue</h4> <h2><em>Clostridioides Difficile</em> Rates Plummet At One Health System With Laboratory-Driven Redesign</h2> <div class="col-md-4"><a href="/system/files/media/file/2020/06/CAP_ImprovingCdifficileRate_June2020.pdf"><img alt="CAP The Laboratory’s Role in Improving C. difficile Rates" src="/sites/default/files/2020-06/CAP_ImprovingCdifficileRates_webpageimage_June2020.jpg" /> </a></div> <p> </p> <p>In the fight against <em>Clostridioides difficile</em> (<em>C. diff</em>; formerly known as <em>Clostridium difficile</em>), hospitals have become extra vigilant about rapidly diagnosing and treating infected patients, which can save lives as well as prevent the spread of the infection. Yet, as AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston (Ill.) learned, this approach can backfire if laboratory testing is overly sensitive, leading to high numbers of false positives and unnecessary treatment of patients who might have <em>C. diff</em>-like symptoms (e.g., diarrhea, abdominal cramps) but don’t have the infection. After the hospital redesigned laboratory testing for <em>C. diff</em>, cases declined by 54% and related costs decreased significantly.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="sponsorlogo_rr"> <h4>Sponsored by:</h4> <a href="https://www.cap.org/" target="_blank"><img alt=" logo" src="/sites/default/files/2020-02/CAP_logo.jpg" /></a></div> </div> </div> </div> body p, body li { font-size: 16px; } .sponsortype { color: #9d2235; font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0px; } .sponsorlogo_rr{ border: solid 1px #b1b3b3; padding: 15px; margin-bottom:25px; } .sponsorlogo_rr img{ max-height: 150px; margin: auto; display: block; } Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:32:30 -0500 Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Infection (CDI)