2418. Determining the Impact of Visitor Contact Precautions on Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection Rates: An Agent-Based Simulation Modeling Approach

BACKGROUND: Visitor contact precautions (VCP) have been suggested to reduce the transmission of Clostridiodes difficile at healthcare institutions. However, there are no data describing the impact of VCP on hospital-acquired C. difficile infection (HO-CDI) rates. Enforcing VCP for CDI control is als...

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Autores principales: Alagoz, Oguzhan, Scaria, Elizabeth, Barker, Anna K, Safdar, Nasia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810846/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2096

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810846/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2096

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