Would you expose yourself to C-Diff?
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Help. I feel so torn. Am I over reacting? I am a nurse. I remember dealing with a few patients who had c-diff and they were in isolation. Everything had to be cleaned with bleach. My mom found out last week she has c-diff. She was in the hospital for 2 days with colitis, was on antibiotics and IV fluids. She came home with bad diarrhea. I was the one who told her to go into the hospital in the first place. Then i had to tell her to ask for a stool test for c-diff. She has been ignoring severe stomach issues for over a year, so I am not even sure when she got c-diff. So I was planning on visiting her, but she is still have watery diarrhea after being on medication to treat it for the last week. She isn't in the hospital, but I think she is getting dehydrated and I think she might need to be admitted again. I told her to call her doctor monday. Am I being too paranoid by not visiting her? I know good hand washing is the main thing, but isn't it possible there are cdiff spores all over her house? I told her I was worried about getting it and i felt bad. Would you take a chance by visiting or not??