N-CDAD in Canada: Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1997 N-CDAD Prevalence Surveillance Project | Zendy

Meaghen Hyland | Zendy; Marianna Ofner-Agostini | Zendy; Mark A. Miller | Zendy; Shirley Paton | Zendy; Marie Gourdeau | Zendy; Magued Ishak | Zendy; the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee | Zendy; the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Heal | Zendy

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N-CDAD in Canada: Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1997 N-CDAD Prevalence Surveillance Project

Author(s) -

Meaghen Hyland,

Marianna Ofner-Agostini,

Mark A. Miller,

Shirley Paton,

Marie Gourdeau,

Magued Ishak,

the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee,

the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Heal

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2001/304098

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , epidemiology , diarrhea , environmental health , infection control , disease control , health care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth , antibiotics

A 1996 preproject survey among Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC) sites revealed variations in the prevention, detection, management and surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD). Facilities wanted to establish national rates of nosocomially acquired CDAD (N-CDAD) to understand the impact of control or prevention measures, and the burden of N-CDAD on health care resources. The CHEC, in collaboration with the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Health Canada) and under the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, undertook a prevalence surveillance project among selected hospitals throughout Canada.

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