Immediate impact of healthcare-facility–onset Clostridium difficile laboratory-identified events reporting methodology change on standardized infection ratios. (23rd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Figueroa Castro, Carlos E.; Palen, Louis; Johnson, Carrie; Graham, Mary Beth; Letzer, David; Ledeboer, Nathan; Buchan, Blake; Block, Timothy; Seliger, Heather; Singh, Siddhartha; Behrens, Elizabeth; Huerta, Susan; Munoz-Price, L. Silvia
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 39:Number 12(2018)
• Page Start: 1484
• Page End: 1486
• Publication Date: 2018-10-23
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.241
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: In 2018, the Clostridium difficile LabID event methodology changed so that hospitals doing 2-step tests, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) plus enzyme immunofluorescence assay (EIA), had their adjustment modified to EIA-based tests, and only positive final tests (eg, EIA) were counted in the numerator. We report the immediate impact of this methodological change at 3 Milwaukee hospitals.