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

• Hauptverfasser: Mamta Sharma (VerfasserIn), Reese Cosimi (VerfasserIn), Alysia Stewart (VerfasserIn), Nomides Nicole (VerfasserIn), Lisa Sturm (VerfasserIn), William Hart (VerfasserIn), Leonard Johnson (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...