DECEMBER 21, 2020

C. difficile Screening May Provide Cost-Saving Benefit for Hospitals

More standardized screening of patients for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), instead of testing for infection only when indicated, may be a cost-effective or cost-saving strategy for hospitals, according to a new study presented at the 2020 virtual IDWeek.

“Hospital-acquired CDI is a common and costly problem,” said Mohamed H. Yassin, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. “However, many of these cases are not traced to any