Better Blood Culture Tests Equals Better Patient Care, Fewer Antibiotics, and Less C. difficile
September 29, 2020
Hosted by Nancy C. Caralla
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Join us with our guest, Barbara DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC. Barbara DeBaun has over 40 years of experience in the field of infection prevention and quality improvement. We will be discussing Better Blood Culture Tests Equal Better Patient Care, Fewer Antibiotics, and Less New Diagnosis of C. difficile. Barbara DeBaun will be providing key points on Laboratory Stewardship, Blood Culture gold standards, Venipuncture Technique to reduce contamination, Peer-Reviewed studies and the technology being used outside of venipuncture. Proper technique, reducing contaminated blood cultures, increase accurate results, equals better patient care, fewer antibiotics, resulting in fewer newly diagnosed cases of a C. difficile infection.
C. diff. Spores and More
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“C. diff. Spores and More” is an educational program providing you with up-to-date information pertaining to C. diff. and Healthcare-Associated infections. Raising awareness through education and advocacy saves lives worldwide. Topics are of C. difficile infection (CDI) prevention, treatments, and environmental safety products along with Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) awareness and more. Our guests are topic experts discussing Antibiotic Resistance, Research and Development, Clinical trials, Nutrition Counseling, Microbiome, Mental health, C. diff. survivors, and so much more. Please join us every Tuesday at 10 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.
Nancy C. Caralla
Nancy C. Caralla, a three time C. diff. survivor, healthcare professional, and now dedicated to “Raising C. diff. Awareness” worldwide. Through the experiences is why we are so passionate raising C. diff. awareness. The C Diff Foundation was brought to fruition in November 2012 with a mission to educate and advocate for C. diff. infection prevention, treatment, and environmental safety worldwide. We now join the many successful hosts and programs on VoiceAmerica to deliver life-saving information through our program; “C. diff. Spores and More.”
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