Researchers found prior health facility contact was a major risk factor in Clostridium difficile incidence at a community hospital in New York, according to a study published in AJIC Journal.
The researchers retrospectively studied 352 patients who tested positive for C. diff from 2006-2008. Results showed 7 percent of patients had community-acquired infection. This is in stark contrast to the 57 percent of patients who had hospital-acquired C. diff. The remaining 36 percent of C. diff infections occurred in patients who acquired the infection from another healthcare facility prior to admission.
Read the study about C. diff infections.
Read other coverage about hospital infections:
- Study: States Need Work on Guidelines for Provider-Patient Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens
- CDC Updates Bloodstream Infection Prevention Guidelines
- Hospital Nabs Top Recognition Despite Criticism for High Infection Rates, Fraud
The researchers retrospectively studied 352 patients who tested positive for C. diff from 2006-2008. Results showed 7 percent of patients had community-acquired infection. This is in stark contrast to the 57 percent of patients who had hospital-acquired C. diff. The remaining 36 percent of C. diff infections occurred in patients who acquired the infection from another healthcare facility prior to admission.
Read the study about C. diff infections.
Read other coverage about hospital infections:
- Study: States Need Work on Guidelines for Provider-Patient Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens
- CDC Updates Bloodstream Infection Prevention Guidelines
- Hospital Nabs Top Recognition Despite Criticism for High Infection Rates, Fraud