Researchers conducted a case-cohort study of individuals who spent at least three days in one of 131 acute care or 120 long-term care facilities managed by the Veterans Health Administration between ...

Hospitals and post-acute facilities in Washington state have cut their rate of Clostridium difficile infections in half since 2012 by partnering with each other in a robust infection control program, ...

Researchers conducted a case-cohort study of patients spending at least three days in one of 131 acute care or 120 long-term care facilities between 2006 and 2012. The facilities were managed by the U ...

Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of gastroenteritis-associated death and has become the most common cause of health care–associated infections in US hospitals. For long-term care ...