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IrishGirl0608
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 Posted: 04/04/07 - 03:42 Post subject: Re: c diff |
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| C dif is very contagious under certain circumstances for those of you who have asked. I am in nursing school and know that you have to be in "contact isolation" when you have it. Meaning, the nurse must be in gloves and gown b/c if they come in contact with feces contaminated with cdif, they can get it. It's not airborne or anything of that nature. But it is contagious. If you have even reminants on your clothes, you can give it to someone. People who's immune system is compromised are at even greater risk (the reason many people get cdif when they're in the hospital). So basically, if you have cdif, you should go to a hospital to get better because it is contagious. Just because you don't have visible feces on your clothes, you should still consider yourself contagious to those who touch you!! |
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IrishGirl0608
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| Posted: 04/04/07 - 03:53 Post subject: Re: c diff |
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| I forgot to mention, if you are around someone with Cdif, wash your hands with SOAP AND WATER!! In the hospital, there are usually containers of alcohol-based hand sanitizer but it WILL NOT destroy the virus!! Anything that can be contaminated with the Cdif needs to be thoroughly washed, though that does not always kill the virus. Again, washing hands with soap and water will significantly decrease your chances of contracting Cdif. Make sure that if you are near someone that is suspected of having Cdif, DO NOT touch around your mouth after you have touched ANYTHING that they may have touched. Wash hands thoroughly before touching around your mouth!!! |
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Reespirit
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| Posted: 04/10/07 - 18:18 Post subject: Re: C-dif infections |
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My mother was in hospital and one week after being released from the hospital she contacted C-DIF infection. It was placed in bowel and got it from being in hospital. During that time her counts were back up and they treated her with antibiotics and sent her home a week later. I wonder if that is possible to get C-DIF infection in hospital. Is that common, or just few cases and did anyone had the same problem?
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My Mother was in the Marist Hill Nursing Home recuperating from surgery to her hip. The doctor on duty there a Doctor Khory believed that because a nurse told him her scar was red that she should start a round of antibiotics. They put my mother on Keflex and she got c dif. The doctor never went in to see my mom and she got worse and worse til her white count elevated to the point of no return and my mother died from the c dif. On autopsy I was told that the C dif was so bad in my mother that it caused a Leukemia like reaction and her white count went off the charts. C-dif infection can be very dangerous if the staff at the hospital or rehab is neglectful. My Mother complained that it took staff at Marist Hill 45 minutes at a time to take her to the bathroom. This nursing facility is considered a 5 star facility and I beg to differ. Be well and care for yourself if you think you have c-dif.
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nancy26
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| Posted: 06/11/07 - 10:35 Post subject: |
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| Can c-dif be contracted outside of a hospital setting. My friend was not in a hospital or hospital setting, however she was working at a spa for a while, but has been in horrible pain with dirherria for sometime now. her weight is also down. she also used to like to flush out her colon. getting rid of the bad toxins. could she have been overdoing that? She is being treated with an antibotic and also now has a urinary infection. Some feedback will be greatly appreciated. Could any of this lead to having to have a colosomy? |
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a3pad
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| Posted: 06/21/07 - 03:59 Post subject: cdif |
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| just logged on as my mum has been in hospital for 36 days and has now got this on top of a version of mrsa, ms and a kidney infection.... the staff are very lazy at washing hands.. she is on a ward where another 3 patients have got it...they told her yesterday it is not apssed in the air I dispute this as it is passed aroudn by the spores in tha air so i have printed some info from another site i found which a lady set up after her mother contracted it and will show mum and nurses today.... |
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| Posted: 08/14/07 - 17:36 Post subject: C-Diff |
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I am a regeistered nurse and recently contracted both c-diff and klebillia pneumonia. At first, I wanted to file a workman's comp cliam because there is no doubt that I am in contact with numerous strains of bacteria in the ER. Unfortunately, filing is a waste of time, since both of these bacteria live in our systems and once immunocompromised, take over fast, causing all sorts of pathophysiological turmoil. Honestly, I thought I was going to die over the last 8 days fighting these two bacteria. I am on Flagyl and Levaquin...with the Flagyl for an extra 2 weeks on top of the Levaquin, since I need to fight the C-diff longer.
Right now, I am laying in a fetal position, hurting in my gut from this nasty illness. I only pray the antibiotics work. As a contract nurse, I cannot work until my system is no longer compromised. The doc tells me another 7 days. God help me if I ever get this again! |
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