CDC's Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Prevention Framework in a Regional Hospital Network.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite modest reductions in the incidence of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI), CDI remains a leading cause of health care-associated infection. As no single intervention has proven highly effective on its own, a multifaceted approach to controlling HO-CDI is needed.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Strategies to Prevent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Acute Care Facilities Framework (hereafter, the Framework) in reducing HO-CDI incidence.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study was performed within the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network from July 1, 2019, through March 31, 2022. In all, 20 hospitals in the network participated in an implem

SUBMITTER: Turner NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973890 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature