528. Lab Stewardship for Clostridium difficile Testing Improves Appropriate Testing While Decreases Unnecessary Testing and Saves Laboratory Resources While Dramatically Helping to Reduce C diff Standardized Infection Ratios (SIR)

BACKGROUND: Unnecessary testing for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can be both wasteful and contra productive—retesting the same positive patient after transfer to a new nursing unit will only to confirm the patient has CDI (already known) and likely be classified as a new case of hospital-on...

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Autores principales: Parada, Jorge P, Wright, Dominique, Suarez-Ponce, Sylvia, Trulis, Elaine, Linchangco, Purisima, Abuihmoud, Ayat, Pua, Herminia, Green, Melissa, Hedlund, Heather, Smith, Kevin R, Harrington, Amanda
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/PMC6255454/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.537

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