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ArticleKidney international2021

Suggestions for the prevention of Clostridioides difficile spread within outpatient hemodialysis facilities.

Erika M C D'Agata, Ibironke W Apata, Stephanie Booth, John M Boyce, Karen Deaver, Nicole Gualandi, Alicia Neu, Duc Nguyen, Sharon Novosad, Paul M Palevsky and 2 more

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Article in Kidney international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Erika M C D'AgataDivision of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Ibironke W ApataDivision of Renal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Stephanie BoothDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
John M BoyceJ.M. Boyce Consulting, LLC, Middletown, Connecticut, USA.
Karen DeaverUniversity of Virginia Dialysis Program, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Nicole GualandiDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Alicia NeuDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Duc NguyenDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Sharon NovosadDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Paul M PalevskyRenal Section, Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Darlene RodgersAmerican Society of Nephrology Alliance for Kidney Health, Washington, DC, USA.
Nephrologist Transforming Dialysis Safety Committee. Electronic address: ntds@asn-online.org

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients on maintenance hemodialysis are 2 to 2.5 times more likely to develop CDI, with mortality rates 2-fold higher than the general population. Hospitalizations due to CDI among the maintenance hemodialysis population are high, and the frequency of antibiotic exposures and hospitalizations may contribute to CDI risk. In this report, a panel of experts in clinical nephrology, infectious diseases, and infection prevention provide guidance, based on expert opinion and published literature, aimed at preventing the spread of CDI in outpatient hemodialysis facilities.

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Clostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsClostridioidesHumansOutpatientsRenal DialysisantimicrobialsClostridioides difficileenvironmenthemodialysisinfectionstransmission

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PMID33667504
PMCPMC10506371

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