Key Advantages of a Targeted Incident Reporting System for Severe and Critical Clostridium difficile Infection Incidents

Hibak Mahamed; Camille Lemieux and Susy Hota

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Healthcare Quarterly 19(4) January 2017 : 44-46.doi:10.12927/hcq.2017.25009

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Key Advantages of a Targeted Incident Reporting System for Severe and Critical Clostridium difficile Infection Incidents

Hibak Mahamed, Camille Lemieux and Susy Hota

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There is little guidance on how to design and implement an incident reporting system (IRS) targeted at one of the most common types of adverse events in hospitals: hospital-associated infections. In this article, we describe an IRS for severe and critical Clostridium difficile infection incidents and highlight its key advantages.

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