Breaking the Reflex: Impact in Hospital-Acquired Infection Incidence for Clostridioides difficile Infection

• Main Authors: Mamta Sharma (Author), Reese Cosimi (Author), Alysia Stewart (Author), Nomides Nicole (Author), Lisa Sturm (Author), William Hart (Author), Leonard Johnson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) do not distinguish between colonization and Clostridioides difficile (C.diff) associated diarrhea. On April 5th 2023 our laboratory introduced a new C. diff testing methodology. Previously, if a C. diff screen result was negative for toxin and posi...