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ArticleMayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes2021

Reduction in Health Care Facility-Onset

Himesh B Zaver, Varun P Moktan, Eugene P Harper, Aman Bali, Ayan Nasir, Carla Foulks, Justin Kuhlman, Max Green, Gillian A Algan, Heather C Parth and 12 more

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Article in Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Role of diagnostic stewardship in reducing healthcare-facility-onsetAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023
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  4. Diagnostic stewardship forAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Himesh B ZaverDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Varun P MoktanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Eugene P HarperDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Aman BaliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Ayan NasirDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Carla FoulksDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Justin KuhlmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Max GreenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Gillian A AlganInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Heather C ParthInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Melody Wu-BallisInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Sandra DiCiccoInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Brenda T SmithInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Ronald N OwenInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Lorraine S MaiInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Sarah L SpirosInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
John GriffisDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Daphne T Ramsey WalkerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
D Jane HataDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Justin M OringInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Harry R PowersInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Wendelyn BoschInfection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo reduce health care facility-onset (HCFO) PATIENTS AND

methodsA multidisciplinary team conducted a quality improvement initiative from January 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.

resultsCompared with a baseline period from January to September 2020, implementation of our intervention bundle from December 2020 to March 2021 resulted in an 83.6% reduction in inappropriate orders tested and a 41.7% reduction in HCFO CDI incidence.

conclusionA novel prevention bundle improved

Indexed as

ATA, appropriate testing algorithmCDC, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCDI, Clostridioides difficile infectionCMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCOVID, coronavirus diseaseHAI, health care–associated infectionHCFO, health care facility–onsetIDSA, Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaIPAC, infection prevention and controlPCR, polymerase chain reactionQI, quality improvementSIR, standardized infection ratio

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PMID34820598
PMCPMC8599925

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