A novel approach to correcting attribution of Clostridioides difficile in a healthcare setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe a novel attribution metric estimating the causal source location of healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile and compare it with the current US National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance reporting standard.

Design

Quality improvement study.

Setting

Two acute care facilities.

Methods

A novel attribution metric assigned days of attribution to locations where patients were located for 14 days before and the day of their C. difficile diagnosis. We correlated the NHSN-assigned unit attribution with the novel attribution measure and compared the proportion of attribution assigned to inpatient units.

Results

During a 30-month period, there were 727 NHSN C. difficile healthcare-associated infections (H

SUBMITTER: Doyle H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753511 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature