Reducing Overutilization of Testing for Clostridium difficile Infection in a Pediatric Hospital System: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Hospital pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-14

  Klatte, J Michael ^a   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^a   Jackson, Mary A nne ^a   Myers, Angela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FECES; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST SAVINGS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FECES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85050579122     PISSN: 21541663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2015-0116     Document Type: Article

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