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Evaluating the Effect of a Clostridium difficile Infection Prevention Initiative in Veterans Health Administration Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2018

Maninder B. Singh ,
Martin E. Evans ,
Loretta A. Simbartl ,
Stephen M. Kralovic  and
Gary A. Roselle
Maninder B. Singh
Affiliation:
Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Frankfort, Kentucky
Martin E. Evans*
Affiliation:
Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky MRSA/MDRO Prevention Office, National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio
Loretta A. Simbartl
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio
Stephen M. Kralovic
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gary A. Roselle
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
*
Address all correspondence to Martin E. Evans, MD, Room B415, Lexington VA Medical Center, 1100 Veterans Way, Lexington, KY 40536 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

We evaluated rates of clinically confirmed long-term-care facility-onset Clostridium difficile infections from April 2014 through December 2016 in 132 Veterans Affairs facilities after the implementation of a prevention initiative. The quarterly pooled rate decreased 36.1% from the baseline (P<.0009 for trend) by the end of the analysis period.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:343–345

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 343 - 345
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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