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    Nosocomial infections, now called healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), infect over 220,000 Canadians each year and cause about 8,000 deaths. The most common HAIs in Canada are Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenemase producing organisms, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that enters the body through the mouth and grows in the bowels, where it can be found in feces. It becomes problematic when it grows to high levels, producing toxins that damage the bowel and cause diarrhea. Measures to help prevent C. difficile infections include wearing

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    Nosocomial infections, now called healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), infect over 220,000 Canadians each year and cause about 8,000 deaths. The most common HAIs in Canada are Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenemase producing organisms, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that enters the body through the mouth and grows in the bowels, where it can be found in feces. It becomes problematic when it grows to high levels, producing toxins that damage the bowel and cause diarrhea. Measures to help prevent C. difficile infections include wearing

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    Clostridium Difficile Is A Spore Forming Bacillus. It Enters Our Body by The

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    Nosocomial infections, now called healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), infect over 220,000 Canadians each year and cause about 8,000 deaths. The most common HAIs in Canada are Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenemase producing organisms, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that enters the body through the mouth and grows in the bowels, where it can be found in feces. It becomes problematic when it grows to high levels, producing toxins that damage the bowel and cause diarrhea. Measures to help prevent C. difficile infections include wearing

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    Nosocomial Infections

    Hannah MacDonald

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    Nosocomial infections, now known as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)

    are infections that occur in a health care facility. HAI infect 220,000 Canadians and

    about 8,000 die each year. In Canada the most common HAIs are Clostridium difficile

    (CDI), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenemase

    producing organisms (CPO),vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), along with

    other bacteria and viruses encountered in healthcare facilities.

    Clostridium difficile is a spore forming bacillus. It enters our body by the

    mouth and continues to grow in our bowels where it can then be found in our feces.

    CDI bacteria are natural in humans but is not life threatening because it balances with

    other good bacteria. CDI becomes a concern when it begins to grow at high levels,

    producing toxins, which damage the bowel and result in diarrhea. This can be caused

    by taking antibiotics to treat other health problems.

    A person who has contracted Clostridium difficile has the potential to infect

    others. Individuals who touch a surface that has been in contact with CDI and then

    touch their mouth are at risk of digesting spores. Spores are present in stools and

    outside of the individual with CDI for weeks or months.


    It is impossible to completely eliminate CDI in health care facilities, but

    measures can be done to help prevent it, such as wear gloves to prevent hand

    contamination, the use of soap and water instead of alcohol-based hand rubs, these

    precautions must be done before and after visiting the patients. The use antibiotics

    judiciously, and keep patients isolated that may, or have CDI.

    “C. Difficile Infection (CDI).” Provincial Infection Control Network of British

    Columbia, 2019, www.picnet.ca/surveillance/cdi/.

    “Clostridioides Difficile (C. Diff).” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17

    Dec. 2018, www.cdc.gov/cdiff/clinicians/faq.html.

    Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) . Canadian Patient Safety Instutite, 2016,

    www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/Topic/Pages/Healthcare-Associated-Infections-

    (HAI).aspx.

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