Potential for the current National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) >3 days after admission definition of laboratory-identified, healthcare-facility–onset, Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) to overestimate rates | Zendy

Shruti Puri | Zendy; Heather Hughes | Zendy; Monica D. McCrackin | Zendy; Robert Williford | Zendy; Mulugeta Gebregziabher | Zendy; Cassandra D. Salgado | Zendy; Scott Curry | Zendy

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Potential for the current National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) >3 days after admission definition of laboratory-identified, healthcare-facility–onset, Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) to overestimate rates

Author(s) -

Shruti Puri,

Heather Hughes,

Monica D. McCrackin,

Robert Williford,

Mulugeta Gebregziabher,

Cassandra D. Salgado,

Scott Curry

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.2020.3

Subject(s) - clostridioides , medicine , health care , c difficile , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , clostridium difficile , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , economics , economic growth , antibiotics

Healthcare-facility-onset C.difficile LabID events are defined as positive stool samples collected >3 days after hospitalization. Using a definition of >72 hours, we found that 84 of 1013 cases (8.3%) identified as C. difficile LabID events were collected between 48 and 72 hours after admission.

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