Efficacy of a stewardship intervention focused on reducing unnecessary use of non-Clostridioides difficile antibiotics in patients with Clostridioides difficile infection.

In a tertiary-care hospital and affiliated long-term care facility, a stewardship intervention focused on patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was associated with a significant reduction in unnecessary non-CDI antibiotic therapy. However, there was no significant reduction in total non-CDI therapy or in the frequency of CDI recurrence.