Use of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship practices to improve Clostridioides difficile testing among SHEA Research Network hospitals

Kaede V. Sullivan; Jason C. Gallagher; Surbhi Leekha; Daniel J. Morgan; Kazumi Morita; Clare Rock; Kimberly C. Claeys

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.133

Use of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship practices to improve Clostridioides difficile testing among SHEA Research Network hospitals

Kaede V. Sullivan, Jason C. Gallagher, Surbhi Leekha, Daniel J. Morgan, Kazumi Morita, Clare Rock, Kimberly C. Claeys

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Abstract

We surveyed acute-care hospitals on strategies to reduce inappropriate C. difficile testing and treatment of colonized patients. Decision support during C. difficile test ordering was common, but hard stops to prevent placement of inappropriate orders and active intervention of antimicrobial stewardship programs on positive C. difficile test reports were infrequent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	930-934
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	43
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.133
State	Published - Jul 11 2022

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Use of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship practices to improve Clostridioides difficile testing among SHEA Research Network hospitals

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