Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics

Harjot K Singh; Kimberly C Claeys; Sonali D Advani; Yolanda J Ballam; Jessica Penney; Kirsten M Schutte; Christopher Baliga; Aaron M Milstone; Mary K Hayden; Daniel J Morgan; Daniel J Diekema

doi:10.1017/ice.2023.284

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Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics

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Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics

Harjot K Singh, Kimberly C Claeys, Sonali D Advani, Yolanda J Ballam, Jessica Penney, Kirsten M Schutte, Christopher Baliga, Aaron M Milstone, Mary K Hayden, Daniel J Morgan, …

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.45(4), pp.405-411

04/2024

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.284

PMCID: PMC11007360

PMID: 38204365

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Diagnostic stewardship seeks to improve ordering, collection, performance, and reporting of tests. Test results play an important role in reportable HAIs. The inclusion of HAIs in public reporting and pay for performance programs has highlighted the value of diagnostic stewardship as part of infection prevention initiatives. Inappropriate testing should be discouraged, and approaches that seek to alter testing solely to impact a reportable metric should be avoided. HAI definitions should be further adapted to new testing technologies, with focus on actionable and clinically relevant test results that will improve patient care.

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Title: Subtitle: Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics
Creators: Harjot K Singh - Weill Cornell Medicine
Kimberly C Claeys - University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sonali D Advani - Duke University
Yolanda J Ballam - Children's Mercy Hospital
Jessica Penney - Tufts Medical Center
Kirsten M Schutte - Medical Director, Infectious Disease, eviCore Healthcare, Bluffton, South Carolina
Christopher Baliga - Virginia Mason Medical Center
Aaron M Milstone - Johns Hopkins University
Mary K Hayden - Rush University Medical Center
Daniel J Morgan - University of Maryland, Baltimore
Daniel J Diekema - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.45(4), pp.405-411
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.284
PMID: 38204365
PMCID: PMC11007360
NLM abbreviation: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
ISSN: 0899-823X
eISSN: 1559-6834
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 01/11/2024
Date published: 04/2024
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984548288602771

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