Screening for Clostridium difficile (c. diff) before admission

Screening for Clostridium difficile colonization on admission to a hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit may reduce hospital-acquired C difficile infection. (2018). American Journal of Infection Control : Applied Epidemiology in Health Care Settings and the Community, 46(4), 459.

Effectiveness of Screening Hospital Admissions to Detect Asymptomatic Carriers of Clostridium difficile: A Modeling Evaluation. (2014). Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology., 35(8), 1043.

Effect of Detecting and Isolating Clostridium difficile Carriers at Hospital Admission on the Incidence of C difficile Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Controlled Study. (2016). JAMA Internal Medicine., 176(6), 796.

Evolving Insights Into the Epidemiology and Control of Clostridium difficile in Hospitals. (2017). Clinical Infectious Diseases., 65(7), 1232.

Effects of a predictive preventive model for prevention of Clostridium difficile infection in patients in intensive care units. (2016). American Journal of Infection Control : Applied Epidemiology in Health Care Settings and the Community, 44(4), 421.

Interventions to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Evaluate Clinical Effectiveness in Adult Acute Care Hospitals. (2018). Clinical Infectious Diseases., 66(8), 1192.

Watkins, R. R. (2016). Screening for Clostridium difficile Carriers at Hospital Admission Reduces Subsequent C. difficile Infections. Infectious Disease Alert, 35(11), 124–125.

Maghdoori, S., & Moghadas, S. M. (2017). Assessing the effect of patient screening and isolation on curtailing Clostridium difficile infection in hospital settings. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, 1–11