Learning Activity 2: Self Assessment, Evaluation, and Credit Application Form Please note that to receive credit you must achieve a score of at least 80%. Physicians/Physician Assistants: Certificate of Credit will be emailed within 4 weeks of successful completion of the activity. Pharmacists: The information that you participated will be uploaded to CPE Monitor and you will be able to access your credits from the profile you set up with NABP. For more information, please visit http://www.nabp.net/. Question Title 1. C. difficile testing may be appropriate for patients with... Absence of clinically significant diarrhea Patients taking a laxative Presence of diarrhea with abdominal pain Absence of clinically significant diarrhea and patients taking a laxative Question Title 2. Following successful antimicrobial treatment of C. difficile infection, the patient should be tested for presence of C. difficile in the stool. True False Question Title 3. Which diagnostic technique can be used to detect the presence of C. difficile toxin? Glutamate dehydrogenase assay Stool culture Tissue culture cytotoxicity assay Antimicrobial susceptibility testing Question Title 4. Which C. difficile diagnostic assay requires the most time to obtain a result? PCR-based assay Glutamate dehydrogenase assay Toxin enzyme immunoassay Stool culture Question Title 5. Which two clinical parameters are used to determine severity of disease for C. difficile infection? White blood cell count and serum creatinine White blood cell count and temperature Blood urea nitrogen and procalcitonin Neutrophil count and serum albumin Next