During C. Diff Awareness Month, I’m so thankful to the Peggy Lillis Foundation for their work and the chance to tell you my story with the hope that I might be able to bring renewed energy to your battle against C. Diff. ~ Kristie KaleMeKristie There is irony in …
Q & A – Angus the Super Sniffer Angus uses his Super Sniffer to hunt for the superbug, C. diff. What is a day like in the life of Angus? Angus gets up at 4am to start getting ready for work. He enjoys a wrestle and a game of tag …
Do You Have An Antibiotic Habit? I hung my head, resting my hands on my very pregnant belly, trying to calm the early contractions as our 22 month-old daughter lay in the hospital bed, terribly sick and afraid. Her little brown curls framed her sunken and pale face, acting as …
November is C. diff Awareness Month. Peggy Lillis Foundation is looking forward to working with you to raise awareness of this growing public health threat. The C. diff Foundation established November as our shared awareness month a couple of years ago. PLF is excited to be joining them, the Mayo Clinic and …
You recently retired after 15 years as head of Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project. What led you to focus your career in patient safety? I took a long road to patient safety but it was actually a fairly natural development. My work with the Safe Patient Project allowed me to …
