Epidemiologic validation of the National Healthcare Safety Network’s updated <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> test method definition
This longitudinal survey examined the effect of the National Healthcare Safety Network's (NHSN) recently updated <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> test method definition on reporting of hospital-onset <i>C. difficile</i>. Among six hospitals with ≥ 5 years of data available, the updated NHSN definition was associated with improved concordance between predicted versus reported cases.
Authors
- Barry Shelton
- Brittain Wood
- Deverick J. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6882-5496)
- Linda Roach
- Linda Crane
- Polly Padgette
- Becky Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-0019)
- Nicholas Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-4894)
- Diana Alame
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Energy (United States) (US)
- Clinical Research Institute (US)
- Open Invention Network (United States) (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10222
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40