Relationship between patient-rated cleanliness and <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> standardized infection ratios in U.S. medicare-certified hospitals
Patient-rated cleanliness was not associated with improved CDI performance in U.S. national hospital data. Findings were consistent across multiple operationalizations of cleanliness and CDI suggesting patient perceptions of cleanliness are not a strong indicator of CDI control measure performance.
Authors
- Daniel E. Freedberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2023-2899)
- Alberto Rocca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9408-7844)
- E. Yoko Furuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-3240)
- William Greendyke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0728-0274)
Institutions
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10336
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00