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Use of a best practice alert linking Clostridioides difficile infection test results to a severity-based treatment order set
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2019
Abstract
We evaluated provider adherence to practice guidelines for inpatients diagnosed with Clostridoides difficile infection (CDI) before and after implementation of a best practice alert (BPA) linking a positive test result to guideline-based orders. After implementation of the BPA, guideline-based prescribing increased from 39.4% in 2013 to 67.7% in 2016 (P = .014).
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