Use of a best practice alert linking Clostridioides difficile infection test results to a severity-based treatment order set

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;40(4):467-469. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.18. Epub 2019 Feb 25.

Abstract

We evaluated provider adherence to practice guidelines for inpatients diagnosed with Clostridoides difficile infection (CDI) before and after implementation of a best practice alert (BPA) linking a positive test result to guideline-based orders. After implementation of the BPA, guideline-based prescribing increased from 39.4% in 2013 to 67.7% in 2016 (P = .014).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clostridioides difficile
  • Clostridium Infections / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents