Recognizing three risk factors can help hospitals perform targeted Clostridium difficile surveillance, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers studied the prevalence of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization among patients admitted to Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's St. Mary's Hospital, a 1,249-bed tertiary care hospital in Rochester, from March through April 2009.
Click here to read the full story on C. diff risk factors in Becker's Hospital Review.
Researchers studied the prevalence of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization among patients admitted to Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's St. Mary's Hospital, a 1,249-bed tertiary care hospital in Rochester, from March through April 2009.
Click here to read the full story on C. diff risk factors in Becker's Hospital Review.
