Literature DB >> 26541068

Multidisciplinary performance improvement team for reducing health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection.

Sana Waqar1, Kathy Nigh2, Lori Sisler2, Mary Fanning3, Steven Tancin2, Erin Brozik2, Rebekah Jones4, Frank Briggs2, Lisa Keller2, P Rocco LaSala5, Sam Krautz6, Rashida Khakoo7.   

Abstract

Clostridium difficile is the most frequent cause of health care-associated diarrhea and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It is also associated with a considerable financial burden. A concerted multidisciplinary approach is required for prevention.
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Keywords:  Clostridium difficile infection; Hydrogen peroxide vapor system

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Year:  2015        PMID： 26541068     DOI： 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.022

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Infect Control        ISSN： 0196-6553            Impact factor:   2.918


  3 in total

1.  Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Authors:  L Clifford McDonald; Dale N Gerding; Stuart Johnson; Johan S Bakken; Karen C Carroll; Susan E Coffin; Erik R Dubberke; Kevin W Garey; Carolyn V Gould; Ciaran Kelly; Vivian Loo; Julia Shaklee Sammons; Thomas J Sandora; Mark H Wilcox
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2018-03-19       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 2.  A contemporary approach to the prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis in children: the role of improvement science.

Authors:  Allison Redpath Mahon; Alicia M Neu
Journal:  Pediatr Nephrol       Date:  2016-10-18       Impact factor: 3.714

3.  Preventable Patient Harm: a Multidisciplinary, Bundled Approach to Reducing Clostridium difficile Infections While Using a Glutamate Dehydrogenase/Toxin Immunochromatographic Assay/Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Diagnostic Algorithm.

Authors:  Katherine Schultz; Emily Sickbert-Bennett; Ashley Marx; David J Weber; Lauren M DiBiase; Stacy Campbell-Bright; Lauren E Bode; Mike Baker; Tom Belhorn; Mark Buchanan; Sherie Goldbach; Jacci Harden; Emily Hoke; Beth Huenniger; Jonathan J Juliano; Michael Langston; Heather Ritchie; William A Rutala; Jason Smith; Shelley Summerlin-Long; Lisa Teal; Peter Gilligan
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2018-08-27       Impact factor: 5.948
  3 in total

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