Nearly 500,000 people in the United States are infected with C. difficile each year.
The Roche cobas® 4800 System offers batch testing and same-day results.
References:
Clostridium Difficile Infection
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
People getting medical care can catch serious infections called healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). One type of HAI – caused by the germ C. difficile – was estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States in 2011, and 29,000 died within 30 days of the initial diagnosis.
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