Facilitating the Prophylactic use of Probiotics to Decrease the Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Infection in the Hospital Setting

Authors

Jens Langsjoen
Teodora Topalovski
Zachary Fulton
Karen Niehaus

Abstract

By encouraging the use of the probiotic saccharomyces boulardii (s. boulardii) with antibiotic use in adult medicine patients at UNM, we aim to decrease the incidence of clostridium difficile (c. difficile) colitis and antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD).

Recommended Citation

Langsjoen, Jens; Teodora Topalovski; Zachary Fulton; and Karen Niehaus. "Facilitating the Prophylactic use of Probiotics to Decrease the Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Infection in the Hospital Setting." UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare 2, 1 (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cir_jqih/vol2/iss1/14