Clostridiodes difficile Testing Protocol: An Effective Strategy to Decrease Over-Testing Patients for C. difficile Without Missing True Positive Infections
Our protocol proves effective in avoiding false positive hospital-related C. difficile infections, and at the same time, very effective in not missing out on the true positive <i>C. difficile</i> infections (excellent NPV). It is an important quality improvement initiative that can be implemented at any hospital.
Authors
- Ricardo Albarran-Anguiano
- Shovendra Gautam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8021-844X)
- Daniel J. Cain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3443-0493)
- Franklin Obi
- Amita Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3195-0220)
- Sneha Kalluri
- Abishek Volety
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- Fort Worth Library (US)
- Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.93174
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00