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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-07-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22001085/type/journal_article |