Impact of a prevention bundle on Clostridium difficile infection rates in a hospital in the Southeastern United States

Bionca M. Davis; Jingjing Yin; Doug Blomberg; Isaac Chun Hai Fung

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.014

Impact of a prevention bundle on Clostridium difficile infection rates in a hospital in the Southeastern United States

Bionca M. Davis, Jingjing Yin, Doug Blomberg, Isaac Chun Hai Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

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Abstract

We sought to assess the impact of a multicomponent prevention program on hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections in a hospital in the Southeastern United States. We collected retrospective data of 140 patients from years 2009-2014 and applied the Poisson regression model for analysis. We did not find any significant associations of increased risk of Clostridium difficile infections for the preintervention group. Further studies are needed to test multifaceted bundles in hospitals with high infection rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1729-1731
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	44
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.014
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

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Infectious Diseases
Health Policy
Epidemiology

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Clostridium difficile
infection control
nosocomial infections
prevention program

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