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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedSeidelman J, Dicks KV, Durkin MJ
Using clinical scenarios to understand preventability of Clostridium difficile infections by inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs.
The authors of this research brief designed a 2-phase study (1) to define the types of clostridium difficile infections (CDI) that clinicians consider unlikely preventable by inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs and (2) to estimate the relative proportion of inpatient CDI cases at a tertiary-care hospital that belongs to this category of “nonpreventable” CDI.
AHRQ-funded; HS023866.
Citation: Seidelman J, Dicks KV, Durkin MJ .
Using clinical scenarios to understand preventability of Clostridium difficile infections by inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017 Jun;38(6):747-49. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.32..
Keywords: Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Clostridium difficile Infections, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Inpatient Care