Healthcare facility-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridioides difficile infection in Veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder

1628Accuracy of Healthcare Facility-Onset Clostridium difficile Classification

Concise Statement. We compared the day of diagnosis of healthcare facility-onset Clostridium difficile with the day of symptom onset to determine the accuracy of our classification. Background. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a publically reportable infection which contributes to 14,000 deaths yearly in the United States. The National Healthcare Safety Network defines healthcare facilit...

114Case Mix Index Predicts Healthcare Facility Onset Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

114. Case Mix Index Predicts Healthcare Facility Onset Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Nicola D. Thompson, PhD, MSc; Jonathan R. Edwards, MStat; Maggie Dudeck, MPH, CPH; Scott Fridkin, MD; Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disea...

Associations Between Healthcare Facility Types and Healthcare-Associated Infections

Associations Between Healthcare Facility Types and Healthcare-Associated Infections by Aretha D. Miller MPH, Walden University, 2012 BsCN, Ryerson University, 2002 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Walden University January 2016

1625Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Management of Hospital-Onset Healthcare Facility Associated (HO-HCFA) Clostridium difficile Infection at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital

Point-prevalence survey of healthcare facility-onset healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Greek hospitals outside the intensive care unit: The C. DEFINE study

BACKGROUND The correlation of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with in-hospital morbidity is important in hospital settings where broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents are routinely used, such as in Greece. The C. DEFINE study aimed to assess point-prevalence of CDI in Greece during two study periods in 2013. METHODS There were two study periods consisting of a single day in March and anot...