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.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Clostridioides difficile / classification*
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Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
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Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
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Cohort Studies
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Diagnostic Tests, Routine / statistics & numerical data*
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Female
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Hospital Information Systems*
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Physicians
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / statistics & numerical data*
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Retrospective Studies
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Young Adult