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November is C. diff Awareness Month

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Spread the Word, Not C. diff 

Join CDC in November for C. diff Awareness Month to raise awareness about this urgent threat and save lives.

Did you know? Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a germ that causes severe diarrhea, which can be life-threatening. It can affect anyone and is usually associated with recent antibiotic use. CDC estimates that C. diff causes almost half a million infections in the United States each year and contributes to about 29,300 deaths.  

Moderator: Arjun Srinivasan, Deputy Director, Program Improvement, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Panelists: Lauri Hicks, Director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; David Hyun, Project Coordinator, Antibiotic Resistance Project, The Pew Charitable Trust; Natalia Vargas, Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program Lead, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration; Zanthia Wiley, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine

Help protect yourself, your family, and your community from C. diff:


Patients & Families—learn:

Healthcare providers—download, share, and order:

Partners—explore new data:

Visit CDC’s C. diff website to learn more.


C. diff is estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the U.S. each year.

29,300 people with #Cdiff infection die in the U.S. each year. Learn how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from this deadly infection.

https://www.cdc.gov/cdiff/materials.html #CdiffAwarenessmonth #CdiffInfectionAwareness #BeAntibioticsAware


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