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

• Principais autores: Noah Reich (Autor), Michael Payne (Autor), Azra Sharma (Autor), Sylvie Champagne (Autor), Marc G. Romney (Autor), Michelle Hinch (Autor), Victor Leung (Autor), Christopher F. Lowe (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: 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...