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Three Ways Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Makes Antibiotic Stewardship More Effective

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A recent study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology takes a close look at how antibiotic stewardship programs have fared against Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (Vaughan, et al., 2019). The 500,000 C. diff infections occurring in the United States annually lead to about 15,000 deaths. The Joint Commission made having an antibiotic stewardship …

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