Impact of Case-Specific Education and Face-to-Face Feedback to Prescribers and Nurses in the Management of Hospitalized Patients With a Positive Clostridium difficile Test | Zendy

Valeria Fabre | Zendy; Theodore Markou | Zendy; Anna Sick-Samuels | Zendy; Clare Rock | Zendy; Edina Avdic | Zendy; Stephanie Shulder | Zendy; Kathryn Dzintars | Zendy; Heather Saunders | Zendy; Jennifer Andonian | Zendy; Sara E. Cosgrove | Zendy

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Impact of Case-Specific Education and Face-to-Face Feedback to Prescribers and Nurses in the Management of Hospitalized Patients With a Positive Clostridium difficile Test

Author(s) -

Valeria Fabre,

Theodore Markou,

Anna Sick-Samuels,

Clare Rock,

Edina Avdic,

Stephanie Shulder,

Kathryn Dzintars,

Heather Saunders,

Jennifer Andonian,

Sara E. Cosgrove

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/ofy226

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , test (biology) , face (sociological concept) , face to face , nursing , family medicine , general surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , paleontology , biology , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology

A behavioral approach to changing the management of positive CD tests led to self-sustained practice changes among nurses but not physicians. Better understanding of prescribers' decision-making is needed to devise enduring interventions.

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