Overview

Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Program

Learning Objectives

• Explain why CDI is a burden in both inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care settings.
• Discuss rational approaches to managing initial and recurrent symptomatic CDI.
• Compare and contrast strategies for preventing CDI.
• Describe staff and patient education techniques to reduce the recurrence and spread of C. difficile.
• Outline patient risk factors for recurrent C. difficile infections and strategies to reduce recurrence rates

Outlines

• CDI Epidemiology, pathogenesis, risk factor.
• Diagnosis of CDI
• Management of CDI
• Recurrence of CDI
• Infection Prevention & Control for CDI
• Compare and contrast strategies for preventing CDI.
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit in CDI
• Interactive Case of CDI

Target Audience

• All Pharmacists (Hospital, Community, Retail and Clinical Pharmacists).
• All physicians, ICU physicians, nurses, infection control, microbiology.
• Other healthcare professionals.
• All medical and pharmacy (3^rd, 4^th) students.

From Clostridium To Clostridioides

• In 2018: New name reflects the taxonomic differences between this species and other members of the genus Clostridium while maintaining the common name as C. diff.

Download The Brochure of the Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Program from this LINK.

Clostridioides Difficile Is Also Called

• CDI (Clostridioides difficile infection)
• CDAD (Clostridioides difficile-associated disease)
• C. difficile
• C. diff
• It used to be called “Clostridium difficile.”

Meet the Instructor

Dr. Rasha Abdelsalam

BCPS - AQ (ID), CPHQ, TQM (AUC),

Master & Diploma of clinical pharmacy.

Quantitative Research Certification.

Antimicrobial Stewardship Certification/SIDP.

Item Writing American Board of Infectious Disease.

Reviewer for PSAP ID 2018 Series

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Dr Rasha is the CEO of FADIC. She was in Tanta university hospital, Egypt. In 2013, she received TQM from an American university, BCPS, CPHQ, and M.Sc. in Clinical Pharmacy. She received certification from SIDP. She obtained the add qualification from the American Board in infectious disease. Leaded MM CBAHI Saudi accreditation. Established stewardship committee and implementation in MCH, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

She shared in item exam writing for BCIDP Exam. She shared as a reviewer in infectious diseases PSAP. Authorship for published around 20 papers. One paper about the vision of 2030 for the general pharmaceutical department in Saudi Arabia. She received TLC certification from ACCP academy. Moreover, a personal, professional, stewardship leadership, and research consultant. Share in strategic planning, hospital accreditation, and stewardship education.

Related Courses

• Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellowship Program
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Acute Care Setting
• Patient Education and Counseling Program
• ABC of Bacteria Course

Related Mini Courses /One-day Workshop:

• Goals of Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Respiratory Tract Infection: How to Apply Antimicrobial Stewardship?
• Practical Guide for Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee
• Antimicrobials Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic
• Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Program
• Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections
• Sepsis Training Program
• Antifungal Stewardship: Implementation Guide
• Antibiogram Best Use & Interpretation
• Urinalysis Tract Infection: Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Surgical Prophylaxis Antimicrobial Stewardship

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