Role of diagnostic stewardship in reducing healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infections

Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in the United States. Healthcare facility-onset (HO) CDI reporting is a laboratory-identified (LabID) event and does not rely on symptoms. Inappropriate testing can lead to overdiagnosis in...

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Main Authors: Anita Shallal, Medha Cherabuddi, Lance Podsiad, Christopher Gortat, Clare Shanahan, Jessica Kirkpatrick, Eman Chami, Stephanie Schuldt, Tarlisha Holsey, Martin Levesque, George Alangaden, Geehan Suleyman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-07-01
Series:Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22001085/type/journal_article