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Effect of a Clostridium difficile Infection Prevention Initiative in Veterans Affairs Acute Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2016

Martin E. Evans ,
Stephen M. Kralovic ,
Loretta A. Simbartl ,
Rajiv Jain  and
Gary A. Roselle
Martin E. Evans*
Affiliation:
MRSA/MDRO Prevention Office, National Infectious Diseases Service, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
Stephen M. Kralovic
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Loretta A. Simbartl
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC
Rajiv Jain
Affiliation:
Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Gary A. Roselle
Affiliation:
National Infectious Diseases Service, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
*
Address correspondence to Martin E. Evans, MD, Rm B415, 1101 Veterans Dr, Lexington, KY 40502 (martin.evans@va.gov).
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Abstract

Rates of clinically confirmed hospital-onset healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infections from July 1, 2012, through March 31, 2015, in 127 acute care Veterans Affairs facilities were evaluated. Quarterly pooled national standardized infection ratios decreased 15% from baseline by the final quarter of the analysis period (P=.01, linear regression).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:720–722

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Supplement 6 , June 2016 , pp. 720 - 722
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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