Webinars
Fighting the Urgent Clostridium difficile Threat — Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management
Presentation
Video
Category: Webinar
Description: Neil Stollman, MD, provides critical information about Clostridium difficile (C.diff) to medical professionals to help them more fully understand transmission, the patient impact, testing methods and current practices for C. diff infections that the Center for Disease Control says is “at an all-time high.”
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:
--Describe Clostridium difficile infection including transmission and patient impact
--Differentiate various laboratory methods used to identify toxigenic Clostridium difficile with regard to sensitivity, specificity and time to result
--Inform current practice to align with the most recent guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections