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Holding firm: Use of clinical correlation to improve Clostridioides difficile testing.

Baghdadi J, Ganz DA, Chumpia M, Chang ET, de Peralta SS. Holding firm: Use of clinical correlation to improve Clostridioides difficile testing. American journal of infection control. 2020 Sep 1; 48(9):1104-1107.

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Abstract:

A project involving 3 Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles was undertaken to improve testing for Clostridioides difficile at a Veterans Administration medical center. The Plan-Do-Study-Act process facilitated stakeholder engagement and allowed each successive intervention to build on the prior, resulting in a decline in the rate of hospital-onset C difficile infection.





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