Trends in Healthcare Facility-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection and the Impact of Testing Schemes in an Acute Care Hospital System in New York City, 2016-2019
| Autor: | Monica A. Kaminski, Briana Episcopia, Subin Sunny, Geralda Xavier, Aanchal Gupta, John Quale, Saquib Malik, Mary Fornek, David Landman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology Bacterial Toxins Hospital quality Clostridium difficile toxin A 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clostridioides Acute care Hospital-acquired infection Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine High rate 0303 health sciences 030306 microbiology business.industry Clostridioides difficile Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Hospitals Infectious Diseases Hospital system Emergency medicine Clostridium Infections New York City business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | American journal of infection control. 49(10) |
| ISSN: | 1527-3296 |
| Popis: | Background Healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection is associated with adverse clinical outcomes and hospital reimbursement. A four-year review involving eleven hospitals of the NYC Health + Hospital system was undertaken. Methods From 2016-2019, infection rates and standardized infection ratios (SIRs) were gathered from National Healthcare Safety Network. The C. difficile testing scheme at each facility was recorded. Results For the eleven hospitals, declines in rates of C. difficile infection and SIRs were documented. However, this decline was driven by two hospitals that had high rates of infection in 2016; for the remaining nine hospitals, rates of infection and SIRs were at a plateau. Most hospitals used a testing scheme that fell into the nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) category for SIR risk adjustment. Hospitals that used the algorithm glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and toxin A/B immunoassay (EIA) followed by NAAT for discrepant results had significantly lower rates of C. difficile infection but similar SIRs. Conclusions For most hospitals in this system, rates of C. difficile remained level. Within the NAAT test categories, SIRs may not correlate with infection rates. Given the controversies regarding testing and calculation of SIRs, alternatives to C. difficile infection should be sought as a hospital quality measurement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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