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Declining Rates of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in Veterans Affairs (VA) Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF)

BACKGROUND: Clinically-confirmed hospital-onset CDI rates declined 15% in VA acute care facilities after implementation of a CDI Prevention Initiative in July 2012. A similar initiative was launched in VA LTCFs in February 2014. The Initiative featured a four-part bundle emphasizing 1) environmental...

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Autores principales: Evans, Martin, Simbartl, Loretta, Singh, Maninder, Kralovic, Stephen, Roselle, Gary
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/PMC5631259/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.977