Effect of testing methods on incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection rates in Veterans' Affairs medical centers

Effect of testing methods on incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection rates in Veterans' Affairs medical centers

Clostridioidesdifficile infection rates from 7 facilities that used nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) alone for 12 months then switched to NAAT plus toxin enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and reported the latter result for 12 months were compared to 70 facilities that used NAAT alone for all 24 mont...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2021-04, Vol.42 (4), p.461-463
Hauptverfasser: McCauley, Brian P, Evans, Martin E, Simbartl, Loretta A, Gamage, Shantini D, Kralovic, Stephen M, Roselle, Gary A
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clinical medicine
Clinical practice guidelines
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Health facilities
Hospitals
Infections
Infectious diseases
Initiatives
Laboratories
Medical records
Multidrug resistant organisms
Nucleic acids
Nursing
Patient safety
Regression analysis
Reimbursement
Toxins
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Zusammenfassung:Clostridioidesdifficile infection rates from 7 facilities that used nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) alone for 12 months then switched to NAAT plus toxin enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and reported the latter result for 12 months were compared to 70 facilities that used NAAT alone for all 24 months. There was no significant difference in rates between facility groups over the first 12 months (P = .21, linear regression), but we detected a decrease in rates for the facilities that changed to NAAT+EIA (P < .0001).
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2020.452