Performance of the Present-on-Admission Indicator for Clostridium difficile Infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 838-840

  Pakyz, Amy L ^a   Patterson, Julie A ^a   Motzkus Feagans, Christine ^b   Hohmann, Samuel F ^c   Edmond, Michael B ^d   Lapane, Kate L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c University Health System Consortium ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESENT ON ADMISSION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84965091812     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.63     Document Type: Article

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