Open AccessImpact of Change to Molecular Testing for Clostridium difficile Infection on Healthcare Facility–Associated Incidence Rates
Author(s) -
Rebekah W. Moehring,
Eric Lofgren,
Deverick J. Anderson
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1086/673144
Subject(s) - poisson regression , clostridium difficile , medicine , incidence (geometry) , rate ratio , confidence interval , c difficile , infection control , emergency medicine , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , environmental health , population , physics , optics
Change from nonmolecular to molecular testing techniques is thought to contribute to the increasing trend in incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI); however the degree of effect attributed to this versus other time-related epidemiologic factors is unclear.