title: Optimizing diagnostic testing for Clostridium difficile: The perceptions of physicians and nurses on when to order testing for C difficile.
abstract: Physicians and nurses at a single hospital were surveyed on which risk factors were most important in deciding to order Clostridium difficile diagnostic testing. Disagreement between physicians and nurses on the relative importance of several of the risk factors warrants further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blakney
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yanke
authors.affiliation: Coronary Care Unit, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Cory
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, NE.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wigton
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Medicine, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI; Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI. Electronic address: ns2@medicine.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Nasia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safdar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011361:Professional Competence; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Decision-making; Healthcare-acquired infection; Judgement