C. difficile Screening for Colonization among Surgical Ward Admissions Is Feasible and Useful

BACKGROUND: Identification of patients colonized with C. difficile (CDcol) upon admission and initiation of precautions has been shown to decrease hospital-acquired C. difficileinfection (HA-CDI) in a recent study. We implemented a quality improvement program screening new admissions to a surgical s...

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Autores principales: Linsenmeyer, Katherine, Brecher, Stephen, Strymish, Judith, O’Brien, William, Rochman, Alexandra, Itani, Kamal, Gupta, Kalpana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630843/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1010

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630843/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1010

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