Performance of the Present-on-Admission Indicator for Clostridium difficile Infection.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Mar 20;:1-3
Authors: Pakyz AL, Patterson JA, Motzkus-Feagans C, Hohmann SF, Edmond MB, Lapane KL
Abstract
The performance of a hospital- and community-onset Clostridium difficile infection definition using administrative data with a present-on-admission indicator was compared with definitions using clinical surveillance. For hospital-onset C. difficile infection, there was moderate sensitivity (68%) and high specificity (93%); for community-onset, sensitivity and specificity were high (both 85%). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1-3.
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