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Effects of a hard stop for C. difficile testing: Provider uptake and patient outcomes

Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a serious healthcare-associated infection responsible for >12,000 US deaths annually. Overtesting can lead to antibiotic overuse and potential patient harm when patients are colonized with C. difficile, but not infected, yet treated. Nationa...

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Autores principales: Doughman, Danielle, Weber, David, Mavrogiorgos, Nikolaos, Summerlin-Long, Shelley, Swartwood, Michael, Commanday, Alexander, Stancill, Lisa, Kane, Nicholas, Vavalle, Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594234/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.280