Curbing inappropriate C. difficile treatment in patients receiving concomitant laxatives

In the setting of universal Clostridioides difficile screening, we implemented an alert that triggered when C. difficile treatment was ordered in patients who recently received laxatives. This resulted in C. difficile treatment avoidance in 37% of patients and was associated with drug cost savings o...

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Published in:	Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Main Authors:	Paige Fields, Christopher David, Anish Choksi, Natasha N. Pettit, Alison K. Lew, Jennifer Pisano, Cynthia T. Nguyen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
Online Access:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X25000257/type/journal_article