Reductions in positive Clostridioides difficile events reportable to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) with adoption of reflex enzyme immunoassay (EIA) testing in 13 Atlanta hospitals
| Autor: | Dana Goodenough, Jay B. Varkey, Scott K. Fridkin, Samantha Sefton, Elizabeth F. Smith, Colleen S. Kraft, Elizabeth Overton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
0303 health sciences medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test 030306 microbiology Epidemiology business.industry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Immunoassay Health care Emergency medicine Infection control Medicine sense organs 030212 general & internal medicine business Clostridioides |
| Zdroj: | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 43:935-938 |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 0899-823X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2021.145 |
| Popis: | In total, 13 facilities changed C. difficile testing to reflexive testing by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) only after a positive nucleic acid-amplification test (NAAT); the standardized infection ratio (SIR) decreased by 46% (range, −12% to −71% per hospital). Changing testing practice greatly influenced a performance metric without changing C. difficile infection prevention practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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