Researchers surveyed hospital epidemiologists at 30 children’s hospitals and found significant variability in identifying and preventing C. diff. Furthermore, only 60 percent of respondents conducted surveillance for community-associated C. diff infection.
The authors suggest that the wide variability may hinder comparisons of C. diff infection rates between hospitals.
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