520. Reducing Inappropriate Clostridium difficle Testing by Empowering Nurses

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate testing for Clostridium difficle (CD) can result in over diagnosing, which may lead to overuse of antibiotics, increased length of stay and financial penalties under Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s Value Based Programs. To address unnecessary testing, a nurse-driven algo...

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Autores principales: LeRose, Jennifer, Krishna, Amar, Chandramohan, Suganya, Bartholomew, Michelle, Turner, Margaret, Baran, Nancy, Chevalier, Thomas, Moshos, Judy, Mogalli, Samyah, Semproch, Lynn, Chopra, Teena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254835/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.529

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254835/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.529

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