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- The study assessed complications within 30 days of a confirmed hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection across 127 Veterans Health Administration facilities from July 2012 to June 2015.
- The rates of severe complications noted were 2.7% for ICU admissions, 0.5% for colectomy surgeries, and 0.4% for deaths due to the infection.
- The findings were published in the journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol in 2016.
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Complications within 30 days of a clinically confirmed hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection diagnosis from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015, in 127 acute care Veterans Health Administration facilities were evaluated. Pooled rates for attributable intensive care unit admissions, colectomies, and deaths were 2.7%, 0.5%, and 0.4%, respectively. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:717-719.
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