Epidemiologic validation of the National Healthcare Safety Network's updated <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> test method definition.

ABSTRACT: This longitudinal survey examined the effect of the National Healthcare Safety Network's (NHSN) recently updated Clostridioides difficile test method definition on reporting of hospital-onset C. difficile. Among six hospitals with ≥ 5 years of data available, the updated NHSN definition was associated with improved concordance between predicted versus reported cases.

SUBMITTER: Turner NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12302013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature