|
Untitled Document
|
Home
|
Challenges of Clostridium Difficile in Long Term Care
|
WEB-061907CD
|
|
CD including full audio and presentation of webinar on infection control strategies for prevention of C. Difficile in LTC
|
Detailed Description
Challenges of Clostridium Difficile in Long Term Care
You've heard about this pathogen in the news and perhaps have seen it affecting patients in your facility--but this bug is moving quickly from nuisance status to being a condition that can lead to major complications or even death. Dr. Clifford McDonald of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an overview of how Clostridium difficile causes disease, how it is diagnosed, and how it is transmitted between patients. He stresses that this is an issue nursing homes and long term care facilities will have to grapple with on several levels: nursing, environmental servies, infection control and pharmacy.
Dr. McDonald discusses how the disease is becoming more common and more severe, which has led to a new epidemic strain of C. difficile. The most important risk factor for developing C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is antimicrobial use, making careful use of antibiotics in your facilities more critical than ever. Although these drugs are essential in the care of many patients, overuse is common and an important CDAD control strategy is to reduce unnecessary antimicrobial use. Because this organism produces spores, preventing transmission can be difficult; C. difficile may persist in the environment and requires special measures to prevent contamination of healthcare workers hands and special environmental cleaning strategies. And with a five-fold increase in risk for those over 65 and an overall 20% rate of reoccurence, this is a problem you need to be planning for—not reacting to—in your facility.
This presentation focuses on what you must know to reduce rates of CDAD among patients in your facility and what can be done if you are seeing increasing rates and severity of CDAD in your facility.
Presentation Objectives
Participants in this training program will be able to:
- Understand the causes of C. difficile and how it is transmitted
- Show how C. difficile is changing and creating greater infection control challenges
- Identify the risk factors for developing C. difficile associated disease (CDAD)
- Apply proper prevention strategies in the long-term care environment
About the Speaker
L. Clifford McDonald, M.D.
Acting Chief
Prevention and Response Branch (Proposed)
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. McDonald graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Michigan State and an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of South Alabama, following which he completed a fellowship in Medical Microbiology at Duke University. Dr. McDonald is currently a Medical Epidemiologist and the Acting Chief of the Prevention and Response Branch in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the CDC.
What Is Included?
The CD includes the audio of the presentation, the slides prepared by the speakers in a .pdf file. This program also includes additional materials provided by the speakers to help you in your facility. Your computer does need an audio component to use this CD.
A Complete Step-by-Step Program for Conducting Successful Internal Investigations
|
A Complete Step-by-Step Program for Conducting Successful Internal Investigations
|
CD including full audio and presentation of webinar on best practices for doing low-cost renovation and improvement projects in nursing facilities
|
CD including full audio and presentation of webinar on best practices creating a wound care formulary in long term care facilities
|
|
|