Video: A C. Difficile Patient Survivor Story
Video interview with a nurse describing her own C. difficile survival story. The story includes a first-person accounting of her yearlong hospitalization, the impact of antibiotic therapy, prevention of C. difficile and the long-term effects of this devastating antibiotic adverse event.
Antibiotic Stewardship: C. difficile – This summary document includes content to augment the C. difficile patient video story. It includes CDC links, references for patient education and information related to patient diaries.
Checklist for C. difficile Orders
C. difficile Process Discovery Tool
Download a Table of Contents to locate specific sections of the Patient Survivor Story video.
Clips from A C. Difficile Patient Survivor Story
Clip 1: Reflections on loneliness and isolation
Clip 2: The value of a patient diary
Clip 3: Strategies that might have prevented the severity of this illness
Clip 4: Additional preventative strategies
Clip 5: Feeling disconnected and unable to communicate
General Education/Review of C. difficile
C. diff: The Gift that Keeps on Giving – December 9, 2021 – YouTube