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SUBMITTER: Madden GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6088779 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madden Gregory R GR German Mesner Ian I Cox Heather L HL Mathers Amy J AJ Lyman Jason A JA Sifri Costi D CD Enfield Kyle B KB
Infection control and hospital epidemiology 20180412 6
We hypothesized that a computerized clinical decision support tool for Clostridium difficile testing would reduce unnecessary inpatient tests, resulting in fewer laboratory-identified events. Census-adjusted interrupted time-series analyses demonstrated significant reductions of 41% fewer tests and 31% fewer hospital-onset C. difficile infection laboratory-identified events following this intervention.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:737-740. ...[more]