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 …
“Living the Story You Want to Tell” by Kristal I recently shared a photo of myself on social media, leading many people to comment on how I different I look. They didn’t know how poorly my health has been but could see that I have lost a lot of weight. …
On Saturday, June 2, the family of Judy Dexter held their fifth annual Toss to Stop C. diff Loss Memorial Picnic and Cornhole Tournament. Despite a late afternoon thunderstorm, the Dexters and their guests raised more than $10,000. As always, the Dexters held a fantastic event that made all their guests …
Our friends at the Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG), an industry led non-profit focused on increasing innovations in infectious disease treatments, are launching an “AMR Stories” initiative. The initiative will tell the story of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from the perspective of patients, caregivers, providers and researchers. This is a great opportunity …
