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Reductions in positive Clostridioides difficile events reportable to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) with adoption of reflex enzyme immunoassay (EIA) testing in 13 Atlanta hospitals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2021
Abstract
In total, 13 facilities changed C. difficile testing to reflexive testing by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) only after a positive nucleic acid-amplification test (NAAT); the standardized infection ratio (SIR) decreased by 46% (range, −12% to −71% per hospital). Changing testing practice greatly influenced a performance metric without changing C. difficile infection prevention practice.
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. These data were previously accepted as an oral presentation by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America at the 6th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections on March 26–30, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia (held virtually).
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