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[HEATHER28]

Please forgive me for my tardiness with the Google Alerts . With everything that is going on with H1N1 work as been a total zoo! I will do my best to post them in a more timely manor. Again my apologies.

From the USA

Derriford Hospital slashes MRSA infection rate
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/DERRIFORD-SLASHED-MRSA-INFECTION-LEVELS/article-1297644-detail/article.html

A St. Louisan's view of the British National Health Service
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/348F52DE319AF4DC86257623007FAAEB?OpenDocument


Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentations of Additional Phase 3 Fidaxomicin and Prulifloxacin Data at Upcoming ICAAC Annual Meeting
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-02-2009/0005086872&EDATE=

Healthy People Taking Antibiotics May Spread Superbug Infection
http://www.naturalnews.com/026969_antibiotics_antibiotic_bacteria.html

From Canada

HealthWatch: Battling bacteria
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/HealthWatch+Battling+bacteria/1962642/story.html

From the UK

Outbreak of superbug at Blackburn hospital
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4582326.Outbreak_of_superbug_at_Blackburn_hospital/

C diff inquiry will examine hospital management and clinical response
http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/specialists/infection-control/c-diff-inquiry-will-examine-hospital-management-and-clinical-response/5005989.article

Southampton hospitals winning war against superbugs
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4587542.Hospital_superbug_infection_rates_fall/

NIH Issues $2.87 Million Grant for Development of Ceragenin BasedDrug to Treat Clostridium difficile and Shigella Gastrointestinal Infections
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS106936+09-Sep-2009+BW20090909

MRSA and C. diff infections continue to fall
http://www.onmedica.com/news/692d490e-5aa9-4750-abf2-21e6c544841b/mrsa-and-c-diff-infections-continue-to-fall


C difficile cases down at Merseyside hospitals
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/09/11/c-difficile-cases-down-at-merseyside-hospitals-92534-24661485/

Improved sanitation sees drop in Wirral hospitals' super-bug cases
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/4593686.Improved_sanitation_sees_drop_in_Wirral_hospitals__super_bug_cases/


Mayday Hospital unveils new bug-banishing mattresses
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4589465.Mayday_Hospital_unveils_new_bug_banishing_mattresses/

Kettering Hospital is now one of country's best
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Kettering-Hospital-is-now-one.5643021.jp

Is this kit the answer?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2009/0915/1224254538911.html

From the USA

ICAAC: Hospital Surfaces Major Source of C. difficile
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ICAAC/15980

Fidaxomicin Relapse Rate Lower Than Oral Vancomycin in Clostridium difficile Cases: Presented at ICAAC
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852576140048867A85257632006B04A8

Polyhexamethylene as Successful as Chlorine in Disinfecting During Clostridium difficile Outbreak: Presented at ICAAC
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852576140048867A85257633007B8DAA

From Medscape

C. Difficile Easily Transmitted on Contaminated Work Surfaces
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709089

From the UK

Cambridge Design Partnership sponsors Advances in BioDetection Technologies– 9th October 2009
http://www.prlog.org/10350091-cambridge-design-partnership-sponsors-advances-in-biodetection-technologies-9th-october-2009.html

From the USA

Prolonged ventilation increases C. difficile-associated disease risk[/b]
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http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/video/2452.html

From Canada

Ont. hospitals to use surgical checklist to improve patient safety starting next year
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iSmVbwB7HKwLxjNUXI3gJ3e37ZuQ
_________________
Heather

Cdiff free 2yrs! Cdiff left me with IBS but, I am dealing with it!!
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for. Perfection is god's business." Michael J. Fox

[Bobbie]

Heather,
No apologies needed. Working on this site is not our first priority -- we do have other lives. For no $$, few thanks, I think we do a h . . . of a job!

Thx. for all your hard work and dedication.

I hope to get a N1H1 shot sometime in the near future.

Now the "general public" is more hysterical than we C. differs who have fought against infections for years. Interesting, isn't it? And others can turn to their old friend, antibiotics, if the "flu" turns into a secondary infection. How special!

Thx. again.