Reduction in Health Care Facility–Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Reduction in Health Care Facility–Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Objective: To reduce health care facility–onset (HCFO) Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) incidence by improving diagnostic stewardship and reducing the inappropriate testing of C difficile assays. Patients and Methods: A multidisciplinary team conducted a quality improvement initiative from J...

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Main Authors: Himesh B. Zaver, MD, Varun P. Moktan, MD, Eugene P. Harper, MD, Aman Bali, MD, Ayan Nasir, MD, Carla Foulks, MD, Justin Kuhlman, MD, Max Green, MD, Gillian A. Algan, BS, Heather C. Parth, MPH, Melody Wu-Ballis, BS, Sandra DiCicco, BS, Brenda T. Smith, BS, Ronald N. Owen, BS, Lorraine S. Mai, BS, Sarah L. Spiros, BS, John Griffis, BS, Daphne T. Ramsey Walker, BS, D. Jane Hata, PhD, Justin M. Oring, DO, Harry R. Powers, MD, Wendelyn Bosch, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542454821001387

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