Clostridium difficile surveillance: A multicenter comparison of labid events and use of standard definitions

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 653-655

  Baier, Rosa ^a,b   Morphis, Blake ^a   Marsella, Maureen ^a   Mermel, Leonard A ^b,c  

^a Healthcentric Advisors   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABID EVENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877656505     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670642     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Lucado J, Gould C, Elixhauser A. Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospital stays. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Statistical brief 124. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb124.pdf. Accessed January 31, 2013.
2. National and regional estimates on hospital use for all patients from the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nissummstats.jsp. Accessed January 31, 2013.