Unfortunately, c. diff. is not unique to socialized medicine.
> Approximately 20% of individuals who are hospitalized acquire C difficile during hospitalization, and more than 30% of these patients develop diarrhea. Thus, C difficile colitis is currently one of the most common nosocomial infections.
> United States: C difficile infection primarily occurs in hospitalized patients, causing as many as 3 million cases of diarrhea and colitis per year.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186458-overview
Don’t allow yourself to be admitted to a hospital unless death is the obvious alternative.
Been there. It took a couple of rounds of Flagyl to get over. It is no disease to mess around with.
The problem with cleaning hospitals of the c.diff. bacteria is that the bacteria will convert to spores when stressed. And about the only thing strong enough to eliminate the spores is bleach.