Strategic approach of an urban 900-bed academic medical center to combat Clostridium difficile infection transmission using staff engagement

Authors

Courtney Mitchell, MPH, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Kelly Zabriskie, CIC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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BACKGROUND

• Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) caused nearly 500,000 illnesses with 29,000 deaths in the United States
• Preventing hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HA-CDI) is crucial to modern healthcare systems for reducing mortality, healthcare costs and length of stay
• There are multiple risk factors for CDI transmission in healthcare settings:
  • Failure to comply with hand hygiene
  • Ineffective equipment and surface cleaning
  • Diagnosis delays

Poster presented at: APIC 2017 in Portland Oregon, United States.

Publication Date

6-15-2017

Keywords

Strategic approach of an urban 900-bed academic medical center to combat Clostridium difficile infection transmission using staff engagement, poster, Infection control, Thomas Jefferson University

Disciplines

Infectious Disease | Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Mitchell, MPH, Courtney and Zabriskie, CIC, Kelly, "Strategic approach of an urban 900-bed academic medical center to combat Clostridium difficile infection transmission using staff engagement" (2017). Department of Medicine Posters. 8.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medposters/8