Open AccessReducing C. difficile in children: An agent-based modeling approach to evaluate intervention effectiveness
Author(s) -
Anna 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.