Prospective Review of Clostridioides difficile Testing Indications to Inform Local Laboratory Stewardship Initiatives

• Main Authors: Noah Reich (Author), Michael Payne (Author), Azra Sharma (Author), Sylvie Champagne (Author), Marc G. Romney (Author), Michelle Hinch (Author), Victor Leung (Author), Christopher F. Lowe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: We conducted a prospective chart review to determine the prevalence of and reasons for inappropriate Clostridioides difficile test-ordering at a tertiary care hospital. Inappropriate orders accounted for 54% of all tests. The two primary aetiologies of inappropriate test-ordering were an al...