530. The Perfect Storm for Improved Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR)—Recognizing More Community-onset Clostridium difficile Infections Increases the Expected Number of C. difficile Cases While also Helping to Decrease the Actual Observed Number of Hospital Onset C. difficile Cases
Author(s) -
Jorge P. Parada,
Dominique Wright,
Ashley Boldyga,
Ayat Abuihmoud,
Melissa J. Green,
Heather Hedlund,
Amanda Harrington,
Kevin R. Smith
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.539
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , c difficile , diarrhea , infection control , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , nursing , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
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