C. Difficile

• Angus, the C. difficile sniffing dog, celebrated as he retires after a decade

  Angus was trained to detect C. difficile in 2016 and has spent more than 85 per cent of his life sniffing out the superbug in Canadian hospitals and health-care facilities.

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  Mar 29
  
• Dogs trained to detect potentially deadly superbug at B.C. hospitals

  The pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile, long before it comes across as "overboiled broccoli" to human in the presence of infected patients.

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  Jul 17, 2023
  
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• Life-changing C. difficile treatment in need of poop donors, London, Ont. hospital says

  St. Joseph's Health Care London says a shortage in fecal donations has led to a patient waitlist for those seeking treatment for C. difficile infections.

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  Sep 14, 2022
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• C. difficile outbreak declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital

  The hospital has consistently had a very low C. difficile case count and hasn't experienced an outbreak in more than six years.

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  Mar 10, 2021
• Fraser Health buys 14 new germ-killing robots to fight COVID-19

  The health authority has purchased more ultraviolet germicidal irradiation robots to help disinfect hospitals.

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  Dec 2, 2020
• C. difficile outbreak declared at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

  The first case of C. difficile was detected in the B6 inpatient unit of Peterborough Regional Health Centre on Aug. 3.

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  Aug 11, 2020
• 2 adorable puppies joining B.C.’s cutting edge superbug hunting team

  British Columbia's superbug hunting K9 team is doubling in size.

  Oct 25, 2019
• How certain C. difficile strains have evolved to live in your hospital room

  Researchers say that a type of C. difficile is well-adapted to survive in hospitals, and it's on the verge of becoming a new species.

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  Aug 18, 2019
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• How Canadian hospitals reduced C. difficile rates by 36 per cent

  Canadian hospitals are getting better at preventing C. difficile infections, according to a new study.

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  Jun 25, 2018
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• Could you be a poop donor? Here’s why clinics are looking

  Fecal donations can help save lives, but how do you convince someone to donate their poo? One hospital in Edmonton is trying to find out.

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  Jun 9, 2018