Gut check: Clostridium difficile testing and treatment in the molecular testing era

Whitney R. Buckel; Edina Avdic; Karen C. Carroll; Vidhya Gunaseelan; Eric Hadhazy; Sara E. Cosgrove

doi:10.1017/ice.2014.19

Gut check: Clostridium difficile testing and treatment in the molecular testing era

Whitney R. Buckel, Edina Avdic, Karen C. Carroll, Vidhya Gunaseelan, Eric Hadhazy, Sara E. Cosgrove

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We evaluated the impact of nursing education and stewardship interventions on Clostridium difficile testing and treatment appropriateness. Diarrhea documentation increased for those with positive tests (45% to 70%); pretreatment laxative use decreased (50% to 19%). Appropriate treatment increased for severe infection (57% to 93%), but all asymptomatically colonized patients were treated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-221
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.19
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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