Testing Stewardship: A ‘Hard Stop’ to Reduce Inappropriate C. diff Testing

BACKGROUND: Patients may be over-diagnosed with C. difficile infection (CDI) due to colonization, especially if laxatives are used. We had implemented an alert to prompt providers to discontinue C. diff orders in the setting of laxative use. This initially decreased orders by about 25%, but became l...

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Publicado no:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Drees, Marci, Dressler, Robert, Taylor, Kim, Ayala, Jamie, Kahigian, Gaynelle, Briody, Carol, Stephan, Brian, Singh-Patel, S Rani, Noor, Sajid, Eppes, Stephen
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631575/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.002
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