Welcome to CDC stacks |
Stacks Logo
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
Help
Clear All Simple Search
Advanced Search
Looking to the Future: Vertical vs. Horizontal Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infections
  • Published Date:
    Jul 23 2013
  • Source:
    Clin Infect Dis. 57(8):1103-1105.
Filetype[PDF-36.80 KB]


Details:
No Related Documents.
You May Also Like:
  1. Can National Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Data Differentiate Hospitals in the United States?
    Personal Author:
    Masnick, Max; Morgan, Daniel J.; Sorkin, John D.; Macek, Mark D.; Brown, Jessica P.; Rheingans, Penny; Harris, Anthony D.;
    Corporate Authors:
    for the CDC Prevention Epicenter Program
    Published Date:
    Oct 2017
    Source:
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 38(10):1167-1171
    Description:
    OBJECTIVETo determine whether patients using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website (http://medicare.gov/hospitalcompare) can use nationally reported healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data to differentiate h...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 930.03 KB]
  2. A Simulation-Based Assessment of Strategies to Control Clostridium Difficile Transmission and Infection
    Personal Author:
    Rubin, Michael A.; Jones, Makoto; Leecaster, Molly; Khader, Karim; Ray, Willy; Huttner, Angela; Huttner, Benedikt; Toth, Damon; Sablay, Theodore; Borotkanics, Robert J.; Gerding, Dale N.; Samore, Matthew H.;
    Published Date:
    Nov 21 2013
    Source:
    PLoS One. 2013; 8(11).
    Description:
    BackgroundClostridium difficile is one of the most common and important nosocomial pathogens, causing severe gastrointestinal disease in hospitalized patients. Although "bundled" interventions have been proposed and promoted, optimal control strategi...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 765.01 KB]
  3. A Tale of Two Healthcare-Associated Infections: Clostridium difficile Coinfection Among Patients with Candidemia
    Personal Author:
    Tsay, Sharon; Williams, Sabrina R.; Benedict, Kaitlin; Beldavs, Zintars; Farley, Monica; Harrison, Lee; Schaffner, William; Dumyati, Ghinwa; Blackstock, Anna; Guh, Alice; Vallabhaneni, Snigdha;
    Published Date:
    Feb 01 2019
    Source:
    Clin Infect Dis. 68(4):676-679
    Description:
    Candidemia and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are important healthcare-associated infections that share certain risk factors. We sought to describe candidemia-CDI coinfection using population-based surveillance data. We found that nearly 1 in ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 54.56 KB]
  4. CDC Vital signs : Making healthcare safer : stopping Clostridium difficile infections
    Personal Author:
    McDonald, L. Clifford; Koll, Brian; Salem-Schatz, Susanne; Alu, Chinyere;
    Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support.
    Published Date:
    March 13, 2012
    Series:
    Vital signs town hall teleconferences
    Description:
    Slides from the March 13, 2012 teleconference held about the March 6, 2012 Vital signs entitled “Making healthcare safer : stopping C. difficile infections.”
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.87 MB]
  5. National and state healthcare-associated infections progress report
    Personal Author:
    Arnold, Kathryn E.; Avery, Lacey; Bennett, Ramona; Brinsley-Rainisch, Kristen; Boyter, Meredith; Coffin, Nicole; Deshpande, Swapna; Dudeck, Margaret A.; Edwards, Jonathan R.; Fuller, Susan.; Herrera, Rosa; Maciejewski, Renee; Malpiedi, Paul J.; Maxineau, Fred; McDonald, L Clifford; Pecoraro, Rose; Peterson, Kelly D.; Soe, Minn M.; Snow, Jason.; Tumpey, Abbigail; Weiner, Lindsey M.; West , Matthew; Zimmerman, Kim;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
    Published Date:
    March 26, 2014
    Description:
    This report is based on 2012 data, published March 2014.Healthcare-associated infections are a major, yet often preventable, threat to patient safety The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to helping all Americans receive t...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 23.98 MB]