National variability in surveillance, testing, and infection prevention for Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric populations

Larry K. Kociolek; Thomas J. Sandora

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.020

National variability in surveillance, testing, and infection prevention for Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric populations

Larry K. Kociolek^*, Thomas J. Sandora

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To assess national variability in methods of identifying and preventing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in pediatric populations, an anonymous survey was sent to hospital epidemiologists at US children's hospitals. Data from 30 hospitals indicate substantial variability in surveillance, testing, and infection control strategies, which may limit reliable interfacility comparison of CDI rates. In addition, only 60% of respondents perform surveillance for community-associated CDI.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	933-935
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	41
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.020
State	Published - Oct 2013

Keywords

Children
Epidemiology
Infection control

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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National variability in surveillance, testing, and infection prevention for Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric populations

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