530. The Perfect Storm for Improved Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR)—Recognizing More Community-onset Clostridium difficile Infections Increases the Expected Number of C. difficile Cases While also Helping to Decrease the Actual Observed Number of Hospital Onset C. difficile Cases

BACKGROUND: It is essential to recognize the true burden of community-onset (CO) Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospital, not only because it prevents late recognition of CO CDI as being classified as a hospital-onset (HO) event, but also to assure appropriate contact precautions and thera...

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Autores principales: Parada, Jorge P, Wright, Dominique, Boldyga, Ashley, Abuihmoud, Ayat, Green, Melissa, Hedlund, Heather, Harrington, Amanda, Smith, Kevin R
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/PMC6255664/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.539

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