Strategy to prevent hospital-onset C diff shows mixed results
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A strategy designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent one of the leading causes of healthcare-associated infections in US hospitals was not associated with reduced incidence over time, researchers reported today in JAMA Network Open. In a study conducted in hospitals in the southeastern United States, researchers from Duke University and the CDC found that although hospitals that implemented the strategy saw