Performance of the present-on-admission indicator for Clostridium difficile infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Amy L PakyzKate L Lapane

Abstract

The performance of a hospital- and community-onset Clostridium difficile infection definition using administrative data with a present-on-admission indicator was compared with definitions using clinical surveillance. For hospital-onset C. difficile infection, there was moderate sensitivity (68%) and high specificity (93%); for community-onset, sensitivity and specificity were high (both 85%).

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Oct 22, 2016·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America·Marci DreesGrace M Lee
Aug 23, 2020·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Amy L PakyzMichael P Stevens

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