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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

Holly L. Reed Open the ORCID record for Holly L. Reed [Opens in a new window] ,
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld ,
Craig G. Reha  and
Scott J. Bergman
Holly L. Reed*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Craig G. Reha
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Scott J. Bergman
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Holly Reed, Email: Horeed@nebraskamed.com
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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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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , April 2019 , pp. 467 - 469
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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