Join us with our guest: Mrs. Courtney Jones, Upstream Marketing Manager and Senior Project Manager at Rebiotix, a Ferring Pharmaceuticals company, focused on harnessing the power of the human microbiome to treat debilitating diseases. Mrs. Jones will be discussing and explaining the Microbiome. What Microbes are and the difference between the good, bad, and in between and what the Microbiome has to do with C.diff. treatment. There is a lot to learn about the science of the Microbiome and Mrs. Jones will certainly be educating us on this episode.

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Special Encore: Microbiome Science, Hype, and the Future of Bugs As Drugs

Microbiome Science, Hype, and the Future of Bugs As Drugs

Join your host, Nancy C. Caralla with Members of the C Diff Foundation as they discuss the education and advocacy, and support programs available to patients, families, and clinicians worldwide.

The Multifaceted C Diff Foundation

Join us with our Host, Nancy Caralla and our special Guest Host, Kevin Hersh, International Health Coach who will discuss ways to move forward past a long-term illness, and a long-term negative mind-set. Taking a moment to reflect, step back, evaluate, and look for the assets and positives in moving forward. Learn how to let the past go and embrace the new opportunities each day delivers. It takes strength, will, and the determination to step into the light and out of the darkness of the illness that paralyzes a healthy individual. Join us and take a step in a new direction.

Ways To Move Forward Past the Long-Term Illnesses and Negatives

Learning ways to reduce stress and manage time is helpful to the caregiver. People who neglect their own needs and forget to nurture themselves are at danger of falling into fatigue and high stress. There are important basic self care strategies that can keep you functioning well and ready for life's challenges. There are times when people spend their time only taking care of others can be at risk for getting burned out on all the giving, which makes it more difficult to care for others or themselves. Taking time to care for yourself regularly can make you a better caretaker for others. Join us with guests Linda Jablonski, MS,BSN,BC-RN, and Barbara Baker Schaefer, MSW, as we discuss several different ways to focus on self-care, the balance of leisure time in your schedule - making time for yourself, family, and friends.

Non-Toxigenic C.difficile NTCD-M3 For CDI Prevention and Treatment

Join us as guests Sue Barnes, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, Independent and Board Certified Clinical Consultant in Infection Control and Prevention and APIC Fellow with Lori Strazdas, MPH - Public Health Liaison with Clorox Healthcare discuss the importance of C. difficile and how difficult of an infection it is to manage not only for patients but for the caretakers and loved ones. Before the patient leaves the hospitals, it is critical to understand the proper steps to reduce the spread of C. difficile spores in the home environment. In this episode, learn why it is important to focus on the home environment during and after a C. difficile infection and what can be done to reduce the risk of transmission and recurrence. Our guests will be discussing the types of disinfecting products that can be utilized to effectively kill C. diff. spores and how to use the products properly to accomplish this in the home environment.

Managing C. difficile from Hospital to Home

Join us with our guest: Jennifer W., a fellow-C. diff. Survivor, as we discuss positive changes, both big and small, that may help improve the way that you feel during any wellness-draining illness.

Encore: Positive Changes Can Affect How You Feel

Join Your Host, Nancy Caralla, with Guest Host Kevin Hersh as they discuss proven ways to prevent the FLU virus and more.

Encore: Ways To Prevent the Flu Virus In All Settings

Join us with our special guest, Sabine Hazan, MD, a gastroenterology specialist in Ventura, CA and has been practicing for 22 years. Dr. Hazan will be explaining Clinical Trials and how individuals can participate in trials to help themselves -- to help others. There will also be discussions about C. difficile infections, recurrent CDI's, and the Microbiome and why it is so important in our health today. We look forward to receiving your questions at info@cdifffoundation.org and enjoy the episode.

Sequencing the Gut Flora Before C. diff. (C. difficile) Therapy

Positive Changes Can Affect How You Feel

Ways To Prevent the Flu Virus In All Settings

This special episode with Host Nancy Caralla and Guest Host Kevin Hersh turn up the volume with C. diff. Survivors Jennifer W. and Robin S. as they share their journey through a C. diff. infection.

Special Encore: C Diff Foundation Turns Up the Volume with C.diff. Survivors

Join us with our guests: Caitlin Stowe is a master’s prepared infection preventionist currently employed with PDI as the Clinical Affairs Research Manager and Megha Patel is a Senior Product Manager with PDI, focused on new product development. Both professionals will be discussing innovation in C. difficile prevention.

Encore Innovation in C. difficile Prevention

Join us with guest, L. Clifford McDonald, MD. Dr. McDonald, MD graduated from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed a medical microbiology fellowship at Duke University and is a former member of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. Dr. McDonald is currently the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the CDC. He has first-authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications on subjects related to healthcare and infectious disease epidemiology. Listen in as Dr. McDonald discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) newly released report; 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States and what that means in the C. difficile community.

Encore New AR Numbers, CDC Decodes What That Means for C. diff.

Join us with our guest: Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed., CIC joining us to discuss an array of important topics: 1. Overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics worldwide is leading to the global healthcare issue of antibiotic resistance. 2. Empiric antibiotics are used consistently in healthcare when infection is suspected 3. Empiric antibiotics are prescribed to cover gram positive, gram negative and yeast infections until the final lab result is available 4. Overuse of antibiotics adversely effect the normal flora and microbiome in the body depleting colonies of bacteria that are necessary for digestion and protection. 5. When the microbiome is depleted other resistant species overgrow on the skin and in the systems of the body, especially the gut. 6. Multiple Drug Resistant organisms MDRO include MRSA, VRE, ESBL and CRE that will grow in patients who have been on antibiotics AND MUCH MORE.

Encore Overuse of Antibiotics and their Effects

“C. diff. Spores and More” is an educational program providing you with up-to-date information pertaining to C. diff. and Healthcare-Associated infections. Raising awareness through education and advocacy saves lives worldwide. Topics are of C. difficile infection (CDI) prevention, treatments, and environmental safety products along with Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) awareness and more. Our guests are topic experts discussing Antibiotic Resistance, Research and Development, Clinical trials, Nutrition Counseling, Microbiome, Mental health, C. diff. survivors, and so much more. Please join us every Tuesday at 10 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.

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