Laboratory Testing, Diagnostic Coding, and Treatment for Electronic Identification of Clostridioides difficile Infection
Stevens V, Benin A, Dantes R, Khader K, Nugent S, Lewis J, Adam T, Zhang R, Fu S, Jones M, Pollock D, Waisbren S. Laboratory Testing, Diagnostic Coding, and Treatment for Electronic Identification of Clostridioides difficile Infection. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s309-s309. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridioides difficile infectionPositive laboratory testsOral vancomycinICD codesPositive testElectronic health recordsCDI eventsDifficile infectionDiagnostic codingVeterans Affairs Health SystemHealth recordsProportion of patientsICD-10-CM codesPrior positive testLaboratory testsLong-term carePossibility of treatmentAccompanying treatmentInpatient courseDifficile testingRetrospective cohortTreatment initiationNinth RevisionRecurrent episodesDiagnosis codesAnalysis of National Healthcare Safety Network Clostridioides difficile Infection Standardized Infection Ratio by Test Type
Li Q, Benin A, Guh A, Dudeck M, Allen-Bridson K, Leaptrot D, McDonald L, Pollock D, Edwards J. Analysis of National Healthcare Safety Network Clostridioides difficile Infection Standardized Infection Ratio by Test Type. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s116-s118. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNucleic acid amplification testsStandardized infection ratioEnzyme immunoassaySIR differenceInfection ratioRisk adjustmentCDI incidence ratePositive laboratory testsAcute care hospitalsNHSN dataIncidence rateNAAT useAmplification testsInpatient locationHospital personnelHospitalMost hospitalsCalendar quarterIncident rateNHSNT-testTest combinationsLaboratory testsCDITest typeAnalysis of National Healthcare Safety Network Clostridioides difficile Infection Standardized Infection Ratio by Test Type
Li Q, Benin A, Guh A, Dudeck M, Allen-Bridson K, Leaptrot D, McDonald L, Pollock D, Edwards J. Analysis of National Healthcare Safety Network Clostridioides difficile Infection Standardized Infection Ratio by Test Type. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s87-s89. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNucleic acid amplification testsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkStandardized infection ratioEnzyme immunoassaySIR differenceRisk adjustmentInfection ratioCDI incidence ratePositive laboratory testsAcute care hospitalsNHSN dataIncidence rateAmplification testsNAAT useInpatient locationHospital personnelHospitalMost hospitalsCalendar quarterIncident rateT-testTest combinationsLaboratory testsCDISafety Network