2019
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2031
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2353. Easy Does It: Decreasing and Sustained Hospital-Onset (HO) CDI Lab-ID Event Incidence Through a Series of Interventions

Abstract: Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) Laboratory (Lab) identified (ID) events are reportable to CMS through the CDC’s NHSN. Prevention of transmission has been the main component of interventions; however, avoiding false-positive laboratory diagnoses can also lead to decreased incidence.MethodsA retrospective analysis of HO-CDI Lab-ID events was conducted to evaluate the results of a series of interventions at the University of Alabama Hospital, a 1150-bed tertiary care center in Birmingham, AL. … Show more

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