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This provided fact sheet informs caretakers and other necessary staff on a kind of germ called C.difficile that causes infections. The document speaks on how essential it is to avoid these infections to provide the best quality care for hospitals or long-term care facilities.
The document at hand provides more in depth information on:
- What C. difficile is
- How you would know if you are infected with C. difficile
- Who is at risk for getting an infection from C. difficile
- Why older adults are at greater risk for C. difficile
- How antibiotics raise the risk of being infected with C. difficile
- How C. difficile is spread
- What nursing homes can do to stop the spread of C. difficile
- What you can do to avoid spreading C. difficile