An opinion piece on the New York Post website called C. diff a deadly plague American hospitals refuse to face. The author says hospitals and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are bungling their response to spread of infection
Consumer Reports recently reported even prestigious ones such as Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan are struggling with Clostridium difficile.
On the other hand, the Mayo Clinic reduced it by 85 percent in a pilot project by cleaning surfaces around patients’ beds daily with a bleach wipe.
"Why isn’t every hospital doing that? The CDC is largely to blame. Its lax guidelines give hospitals an easy out," according to the article.
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