{"id":3978,"date":"2022-03-08T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:12:07","slug":"ehr-nudge-linked-to-fewer-c-diff-tests-for-organ-transplant-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/03\/08\/ehr-nudge-linked-to-fewer-c-diff-tests-for-organ-transplant-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"EHR &#8216;Nudge&#8217; Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3978\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>An antibiotic stewardship program led to fewer&nbsp;<em>Clostridioides difficile<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>C. diff<\/em>) tests ordered for solid organ transplant recipients without impacting the negative test rate, a retrospective study found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared with a pre-intervention period,<em>\u00a0C. diff<\/em>\u00a0toxin test orders dropped 47% after a diagnostic stewardship program was enacted (median 18 vs 8.5 processed orders per quarter, respectively,\u00a0<em>P<\/em>=0.038), reported Michael Kueht, MD, of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and colleagues, writing in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0041134522000793\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Transplantation Proceedings<\/em><\/a>. <br>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/transplantation\/transplantation\/97540\">the full story here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3978\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading An antibiotic stewardship program led to fewer&nbsp;Clostridioides difficile&nbsp;(C. diff) tests ordered for solid organ transplant recipients without impacting the negative test rate, a retrospective study found. 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