Fecal Transplant

[Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN]

Ok. I know you shouldnt believe all you see on TV. But the last episode of Greys Anatomy freaked me out. They did a Fecal Transplant on a lady with C diff. I thought..oh lord what has TV done?? People dont actually DO that!!! So i looked it up. Its a real treatment!!! PLease, someone explain how this treatment was discovered, and who even thought to do such a thing???

[robrn]

i am glad your hospital is interested in this procedure it is saving lives. if you write to [email protected] i will send you the protocol and procedure. we are very proud of our results. to date we have done 45 fecal transplants 43 successful. i am pleased to say i'm speaking at sgna this year about fecal transplants.

[pacurn75]

The last conference I went to mentioned that they are now starting to screen the "sample" for all the usual culprits (ie giardia, ova, parasites among others. Speaker said it was recommended by their IRB to help CYA. ) before giving it back to the patient for their protocol. Are you guys doing that? The national stats from all who voluntarily reported is 95-97% have a radical improvement with 1-4 treatments. I say hooray! for those poor people who have suffered so long.

[JomamaRN]

Our ambulatory surgery/endoscopy center performed our first transfer in July of this year. I'm pleased to report that our patient, who had been on vanc for over a year has now been off all antibiotics for a month and has been completely diarrhea-free for that long. In the past, she began to have symptoms within 4 days of attempting to stop vanc. Her hair is coming back, and she has started to notice some of her energy returning!! We chose to have both patient and donor screened by an Infectious Disease Doc prior to the procedure, but we did not screen the donors actual stool. Very interested to hear how other centers are doing this!