ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2013
Alerting physicians during electronic order entry effectively reduces unnecessary repeat PCR testing for Clostridium difficile.
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- Impact of customized electronic duplicate order alerts on microbiology test ordering: Financial and environmental cost savings.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Multicenter Clinical Validation of the Molecular BD Max Enteric Viral Panel for Detection of Enteric Pathogens.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2019Article
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- Low Yield of FilmArray GI Panel in Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea: an Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018Article
- Predicting Low Information Laboratory Diagnostic Tests.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2018Article
- Real-Time Electronic Tracking of Diarrheal Episodes and Laxative Therapy Enables Verification of Clostridium difficile Clinical Testing Criteria and Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infection Rates.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2017Article
- Is Follow-Up Testing with the FilmArray Gastrointestinal Multiplex PCR Panel Necessary?Journal of clinical microbiology · 2017Article
- Current knowledge on the laboratory diagnosis ofWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2017Review
- Reducing Unnecessary and Duplicate Ordering for Ovum and Parasite Examinations and Clostridium difficile PCR in Immunocompromised Patients by Using an Alert at the Time of Request in the Order Management System.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2015Article
- Clinical characteristics of patients who test positive for Clostridium difficile by repeat PCR.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Hospital information systems (HIS) alerts restricting repeat Clostridium difficile PCR ordering by physicians in patients with a prior result within 7 days eliminated 91% of repeat tests, from 14.5% (282/1,949) repeats preintervention to 1.3% (135/10,285) postintervention. HIS alerting is an effective, targeted, patient-specific tool for improving the quality and utilization of C. difficile results.
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