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- Title
Expansion of a province-wide surveillance protocol to include community onset healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection.
- Authors
McLeod, Lesley A.
- Abstract
Objectives: To expand the CDI surveillance protocol to capture information about patients with community onset healthcare-associated C. difficile. Methods: A series of consultations were held with experts in medical microbiology, infectious diseases, information technology, and infection control. Four main issues were to be addressed: database evaluation; revision of inclusion criteria; data collection evaluation; and improved access to provincial electronic health records database. Results: The revised CDI surveillance protocol was launched on April 1, 2016. The database was revised to incorporate changes to the inclusion criteria, as well as data collection. Preliminary results indicate that one-third of the patients diagnosed with HA-CDI in Saskatchewan have symptom onset in the community. Conclusions: Inconsistencies in surveillance definitions and access to data can negatively affect a multi-jurisdictional surveillance program. Early involvement of those performing data collection is critical for the success of the program.
- Subjects
SASKATCHEWAN; CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile; CLOSTRIDIUM diseases; CROSS infection; DATABASES; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL protocols; PUBLIC health surveillance; ACCESS to information; ACQUISITION of data; ELECTRONIC health records; SYMPTOMS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Infection Control / Revue Canadienne de Prévention des Infections, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
1183-5702
- Publication type
Article