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Clostridium difficile Infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dubert M. Guerrero ,
Michelle M. Nerandzic ,
Lucy A. Jury ,
Shelley Chang ,
Robin L. Jump  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Dubert M. Guerrero
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Michelle M. Nerandzic
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Lucy A. Jury
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Shelley Chang
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Robin L. Jump
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 ([email protected])
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In a Veterans Affairs medical center, 39% of healthcare facility–onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infections had their onset in the affiliated long-term care facility (LTCF). Eighty-five percent of LTCF-onset patients had been transferred from the hospital within the past month. Delays in diagnosis and treatment were common for LTCF-onset patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , May 2011 , pp. 513 - 515
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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