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Universal screening for Clostridioides difficile at an urban academic medical center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2020

Maggie Collison Open the ORCID record for Maggie Collison [Opens in a new window] ,
Cynthia Murillo ,
Rachel Marrs ,
Allison Bartlett ,
Vera Tesic ,
Kathleen G. Beavis ,
Emily Landon  and
Jessica P. Ridgway
Maggie Collison*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Cynthia Murillo
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Rachel Marrs
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Allison Bartlett
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Vera Tesic
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Kathleen G. Beavis
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Emily Landon
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Jessica P. Ridgway
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
*
Author for correspondence: Maggie Collison, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We implemented universal inpatient Clostridioides difficile screening at an 800-bed hospital. Over 3 years, 2,010 of 47,048 screening tests (4.2%) were positive, with significantly higher rates of C. difficile colonization on transplant units than medical-surgical units: 5.4% (152 of 2,801) versus 4.3% (880 of 20,564), respectively (P = .005). Compliance with screening ranged from 79% to 96%.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , March 2021 , pp. 351 - 352
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