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Effect of telephoned notification of positive Clostridium difficile test results on the time to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy.

Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (impact factor: 3.67). 07/2008; 29(7):658-60. DOI:10.1086/589586 pp.658-60
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT The time between electronic-medical-record reporting of a positive result of a test for Clostridium difficile toxin in stool and the ordering of antimicrobial therapy was compared during consecutive periods when results were not telephoned (n = 274) and when results were telephoned (n = 90) to the clinical service. The mean times to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy were 11.9 and 3.6 hours, respectively (P < .001).

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Keywords

clinical service
 
Clostridium difficile toxin
 
consecutive periods
 
electronic-medical-record
 
mean times
 
positive result