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. 2023 Apr;44(4):527-549.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.18.

Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Larry K Kociolek  1 , Dale N Gerding  2 , Ruth Carrico  3 , Philip Carling  4 , Curtis J Donskey  5 , Ghinwa Dumyati  6 , David T Kuhar  7 , Vivian G Loo  8 , Lisa L Maragakis  9 , Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  10 , Thomas J Sandora  11 , David J Weber  12 , Deborah Yokoe  13 , Erik R Dubberke  14
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Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Larry K Kociolek et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest. The following disclosures reflect what has been reported to SHEA. To provide thorough transparency, SHEA requires full disclosure of all relationships, regardless of relevancy to the topic. Such relationships as potential conflicts of interest are evaluated in a review process that includes assessment by the SHEA Conflict of Interest Committee and may include the Board of Trustees and Editor of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The assessment of disclosed relationships for possible conflicts of interest has been based on the relative weight of the financial relationship (ie, monetary amount) and the relevance of the relationship (ie, the degree to which an association might reasonably be interpreted by an independent observer as related to the topic or recommendation of consideration).

The following associations have been disclosed by the authors: L.K.K. reports a research grant from Merck; R.C. reports an advisory role with Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer (consultant, speakers bureau, research contract), and Sanofi (speakers bureau). C.J.D. reports a research grant from Clorox and Ecolab. G.D. reports a research grant from Pfizer. V.G.L. reports a consultant role with Ferring; DJW reported an advisory role for Merck, Pfizer, PDI, Wellair, GAMA, and Germitec, and serving as a data safety monitoring board member at GSK. E.R.D. reports an advisory role with Merck, Pfizer, Seres, Ferring, Abbott, Summit, GSK, and research grants from Pfizer, Theriva Biologics, and Ferring. All other authors report no conflicts of interest related to this article.

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