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Prospective Review of Clostridioides difficile Testing Indications to Inform Local Laboratory Stewardship Initiatives

We conducted a prospective chart review to determine the prevalence of and reasons for inappropriate Clostridioides difficile test-ordering at a tertiary care hospital. Inappropriate orders accounted for 54% of all tests. The two primary aetiologies of inappropriate test-ordering were an alternative...

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Autores principales: Reich, Noah, Payne, Michael, Sharma, Azra, Champagne, Sylvie, Romney, Marc G., Hinch, Michelle, Leung, Victor, Lowe, Christopher F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8335927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100017