Validation of electronic health record data to identify hospital-associated <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infections for retrospective research.

ABSTRACT: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) research relies upon accurate identification of cases when using electronic health record (EHR) data. We developed and validated a multi-component algorithm to identify hospital-associated CDI using EHR data and determined that the tandem of CDI-specific treatment and laboratory testing has 97% accuracy in identifying HA-CDI cases.

SUBMITTER: Ray MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663474 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature