Evaluating the efficacy of best practice alerts to improve Clostridium difficile early detection in hospital settings: A 6-month interim analysis of the 2-year prospective study

Evaluating the efficacy of best practice alerts to improve Clostridium difficile early detection in hospital settings: A 6-month interim analysis of the 2-year prospective study

Introduction: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-associated gastrointestinal illness with high burden on the health-care system. Design: Observational, retrospective, prospective, pre- and post-intervention study on the incidence and prevalence rates of CDIs. The pr...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Kaako
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-07-01
Series:	Avicenna Journal of Medicine
Subjects:	best practice alert clostridium difficile hospital-acquired infection
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_85_17

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