Cliff and C. diff - Smelling the diagnosis

Sniffer dogs are often seen in airports, but Cliff, the beagle from Amsterdam, is more at home in a hospital. Cliff has been trained to sniff out the bacteria clostridium difficile, which is highly infectious and can cause outbreaks of diarrhoea on the ward.
Scientists at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam studied how effective Cliff was, and found that he can sniff out Clostridium difficile infections in stool samples and even in the air surrounding patients in hospital with a very high degree of accuracy.
You can read the research behind Cliff on bmj.com - www.bmj.com/cgi...

[@DeathbyPurpleBow]

Wear gloves for god sake

[@Pobsbabies3UK]

Amazing. I have had c diff twice and am a carrier. I certainly can smell myself when I have it as it is so horrible compared to normal loose stool smells. I have also been a nurse which helps. I hope this is used in future practice all over it's v sensible if u ask me.

[@musicoctavemotivation3720]

Very smart 🐕 dog 😊

[@Trinityluv76]

can i borrrow that dog for my HOUSE??? lol

[@HaikuGemini]

Amazing! I wish the USA would be more like other countries when it comes to health care!