Clostridium difficile Infections: New Drugs and New Strategies

Tuesday, December 4, 2012
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Activity #: 204-000-12-253-L01P
Level of Content: Advanced
1.00 Contact Hours / Application-based
Program Chair: Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, MS, FASHP

Learning Objectives:

• Identify modifiable risk factors that increase a patients risk for C. difficile infection or CDI.
• Develop a treatment plan for the first episode of CDI based on disease severity and underlying risk factors.
• Describe methods to decrease the likelihood of CDI recurrence.