STAT Plus: CDC credits a sharp decline in C. diff infections to checklists and better antibiotic stewardship
The rate of Americans contracting potentially fatal Clostridium difficile bacterial infections in hospitals fell between 2011 and 2017, according to a paper published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a roughly 24% reduction in infections between 2011 and 2017, though the number of people who died in hospitals from the infection did not seem to change significantly.
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