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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...
Autores principales: | Linsenmeyer, Katherine, Brecher, Stephen, Strymish, Judith, O’Brien, William, Rochman, Alexandra, Itani, Kamal, Gupta, Kalpana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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