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Lack of correlation between standardized antimicrobial administration ratios (SAARs) and healthcare-facility–onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates in Veterans Affairs medical facilities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
Abstract
We detected no correlation between standardized antimicrobial administration ratios (SAARs) and healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) rates in 102 acute-care Veterans Affairs medical centers over 16 months. SAARs may be useful for investigating trends in local antimicrobial use, but no ratio threshold demarcated HO-CDI risk.
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