C Diff: How Awareness Improves Diagnostics and Treatments

In this episode of Clinical Lab Chat, CLP Director of Business Intelligence Chris Wolski engages in a wide-ranging discussion with Peggy Lillis Foundation CEO and founder Christian Lillis about the organization’s efforts to raise awareness of C diff. Among the topics they discuss: Why C diff is difficult to diagnoseHow Peggy Lillis is engaging with the public, scientific community, and legislators to improve understanding, diagnostics, and treatment of this increasingly common diseaseThe parallels of these awareness efforts with other public health education effortsHow laboratorians can help their organizations develop workflows to avoid under- and over-testing for C diff.