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786. Diagnostic stewardship of C difficile PCR testing with two step algorithm- A rural community hospital experience
BACKGROUND: An estimated 15% of hospitalized patients are asymptomatic carriers of C. diff. Inappropriate testing can lead to over diagnosis, treatment, isolation & substantial financial penalties. Ours is a rural 310 bed hospital with nurse driven C. diff test ordering protocol. Due to inadvert...
Autores principales: | Tirupathi, Raghavendra, Freshman, Ruth, Montoy, Norma, Gross, Melissa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778304/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.976 |
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