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88. Impact of a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool on clostridioides Difficile Testing and Oral Vancomycin Utilization as a Balancing Metric

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Published in 2020 at "Open Forum Infectious Diseases"

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.398

Abstract: Over diagnosis of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) is directly tied to inappropriate C. difficile testing which does not distinguish between infected or colonized individuals. This can lead to inappropriate therapy. Multiple studies have utilized… read more here.

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