Reducing C. difficile in children: An agent-based modeling approach to evaluate intervention effectiveness | Zendy

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Reducing C. difficile in children: An agent-based modeling approach to evaluate intervention effectiveness

Author(s) -

Anna K. Barker,

Elizabeth Scaria,

Oğuzhan Alagöz,

Ajay K. Sethi,

Nasia Safdar

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

infection control and hospital epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1559-6834

pISSN - 0899-823X

DOI - 10.1017/ice.2020.14

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , psychological intervention , hygiene , infection control , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , surgery , pathology

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is rapidly increasing in children's hospitals nationwide. Thus, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of 9 infection prevention interventions and 6 multiple-intervention bundles at reducing hospital-onset CDI and asymptomatic C. difficile colonization.

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