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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
Materias:	Abstracts
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631259/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.977

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