Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Reducing the Incidence Rate of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection: A Non-Randomized, Stepped Wedge, Single-Site, Observational Study

Impact of Clostridium difficile infection among pneumonia and urinary tract infection hospitalizations: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

(2015) Monideepa B. Becerra et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Cost–Benefit of Federal Investment in Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections through the Use of a Multifaceted Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

(2015) Rachel B. Slayton et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Contamination of the Hospital Environment From Potential Clostridium difficile Excretors Without Active Infection

(2015) Jason S. Biswas et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Performance of the Present-on-Admission Indicator for Clostridium difficile Infection

(2015) Amy L. Pakyz et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection Inside and Outside Health Care Institutions

(2015) Dale N. Gerding et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Long-term effects of an antimicrobial stewardship programme at a tertiary-care teaching hospital

(2015) Paul P. Cook et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

An evaluation of the association between an antimicrobial stewardship score and antimicrobial usage

(2015) Amy L. Pakyz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Effects of fluoroquinolone restriction (from 2007 to 2012) on Clostridium difficile infections: interrupted time-series analysis

(2015) J.B. Sarma et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Clostridium difficile Infection

(2015) Daniel A. Leffler et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Incidence and Costs ofClostridium difficileInfections in Canada

(2015) Adrian R. Levy et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Implementing an intensified antibiotic stewardship programme targeting cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone use in a 200-bed community hospital in Germany

(2014) J. P. Borde et al.   INFECTION

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011

(2014) Shelley S. Magill et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Effect of antibiotic stewardship programmes on Clostridium difficile incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2014) Leah M. Feazel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibacterial usage in English NHS hospitals as part of a national Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme

(2014) J. Cooke et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

Impact of Change to Molecular Testing for Clostridium difficile Infection on Healthcare Facility–Associated Incidence Rates

(2013) Rebekah W. Moehring et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing

(2013) David W. Eyre et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Policy Statement on Antimicrobial Stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

(2012) Neil Fishman et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Improving the quality of antibiotic prescribing in the NHS by developing a new Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme: Start Smart--Then Focus

(2012) D. Ashiru-Oredope et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

(2012) S. P. Stone et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Reduction in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates after Mandatory Hospital Public Reporting: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study in Canada

(2012) Nick Daneman et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital

(2011) A. J. Forster et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Benchmarking Risk-Adjusted Adult Antibacterial Drug Use in 70 US Academic Medical Center Hospitals

(2011) Ron E. Polk et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Systematic Review of Measurement and Adjustment for Colonization Pressure in Studies of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, and Clostridium difficile Acquisition

(2011) Adebola O. Ajao et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Public Reporting of Health Care–Associated Infections (HAIs): Approach to Choosing HAI Measures

(2011) C. L. Passaretti et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Evaluation of Hospital Room Assignment and Acquisition of Clostridium difficile Infection

(2011) Megan K. Shaughnessy et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Systematic review of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials shows that design is particularly used to evaluate interventions during routine implementation

(2011) Noreen D. Mdege et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Two Time-Series Analyses of the Impact of Antibiotic Consumption and Alcohol-Based Hand Disinfection on the Incidences of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Clostridium difficile Infection

(2009) Klaus Kaier et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Costs of nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea

(2008) R.-P. Vonberg et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION