Pharmacy Times had Dr. Debra Goff, our 2021 Leadership Award recipient and member of our Scientific Advisory Council, on their webcast to discuss C. diff Awareness Month, antibiotic stewardship, and the work of PLF.
Peggy Lillis Foundation for C. diff Education & Advocacy convened the third annual C. diff Lobby Day on April 21, 2021. The date had special resonance for our community being the 11th anniversary of our namesake’s death. 27 volunteers from PLF’s Board, Advocates Council and Scientific Advisory Council met with …
Peggy Lillis Foundation for C. diff Education & Advocacy held our 6th Annual National C. diff Advocacy Summit virtually on April 20 and 22. As always, we had an array of knowledgeable and passionate speakers and presenters committed to the fight against C. difficile infections (CDI). As we struggle to …
Long time Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) Advocate and Board member Christina Fuhrman and her daughter Pearl are both C. diff survivors. Interviewed in early December by the Washington Post, Christina talks about how unnecessary antibiotics cause harm. She recalls her daughter’s struggle with an infection, as it placed her into …
Peggy Lillis Foundation’s 2020 “See C. diff” campaign was an enormous success, reaching more than 250,000 Americans and generating over half a million impressions. Less than 35% of Americans have heard of C. difficile infections (CDI). The need to raise awareness of this preventable and potentially deadly disease is great. …
