Role of diagnostic stewardship in reducing healthcare-facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infections

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Mar 16;3(1):e53. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.305. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

We describe the implementation of an electronic medical record "hard stop" to decrease inappropriate Clostridioides difficile testing across a 5-hospital health system, effectively reducing the rates of healthcare-facility-onset C. difficile infection. This novel approach included expert consultation with medical director of infection prevention and control for test-order override.