EHR ‘Nudge’ Helps Withhold CDI Therapy Safely in Colonized Patients

By Gina ShawWithholding therapy for Clostridioides difficile in patients meeting the criteria for C. difficile colonization was not associated with worse clinical outcomes, with no patients experiencing a 90-day C. difficile–related readmission, according to a retrospective cohort study.“Up to 15% of hospitalized patients are asymptomatically colonized with C. difficile, and more than 40% of C. difficile stool tests are considered inappropriate,” explained Cole S. Orlikowski, P