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The Impact of Observation Units on the Rate of Hospital-Acquired Infection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
Using Clostridium difficile as an example, we calculated the impact that reduced inpatient-day denominators resulting from implemen¬tation of hospital observation units would have on hospital-acquired infection rates. Using proposed scenarios of reduced inpatient-days, we estimated an increase in the hospital-acquired C. difficile infection rate of up to 12%.
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