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

Martin E Evans; Stephen M Kralovic; Loretta A Simbartl; Rajiv Jain; Gary A Roselle

doi:10.1017/ice.2016.27

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

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;37(6):720-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.27. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

Authors

Martin E Evans¹, Stephen M Kralovic², Loretta A Simbartl², Rajiv Jain³, Gary A Roselle²

Affiliations

¹ 1MRSA/MDRO Prevention Office,National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington, DC.
² 4National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington, DC.
³ 7Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington, DC.

PMID: 26864803
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.27

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.

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / prevention & control*
Hospitals, Veterans* / organization & administration
Hospitals, Veterans* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
United States / epidemiology
United States Department of Veterans Affairs / organization & administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs / statistics & numerical data