Effect of telephoned notification of positive Clostridium difficile test results on the time to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy.
The time between electronic-medical-record reporting of a positive result of a test for Clostridium difficile toxin in stool and the ordering of antimicrobial therapy was compared during consecutive periods when results were not telephoned (n = 274) and when results were telephoned (n = 90) to the clinical service. The mean times to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy were 11.9 and 3.6 hours, respectively (P < .001).
Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Brandon P
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Verdoorn
Robert
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Orenstein
John W
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Wilson
Lynn L
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Estes
Randy F
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Wendt
Cathy D
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Schleck
William S
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Harmsen
Lisa M
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Nyre
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D018563:Disease Notification; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013689:Telephone; D013997:Time Factors; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D008795:Metronidazole; D014640:Vancomycin