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. 2024 Mar 20;39(12):e118. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e118

Table 1. Characteristics of participating hospitals.

Variables A B C E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T
Hospital type T T T T T T T T T G T G G G G G G T
Screening method E M E M E E M M E E E E E E M E E E
Capacity of hospital 855 895 1,205 684 799 894 1,371 1,084 1,334 725 700 670 613 463 315 648 402 762
Laboratory test for CDI
GDH O O O O O O O O O
PCR O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
EIA toxin A&B O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Culture O O O O O O O O O

T = tertiary hospital, G = general hospital, E = electronic surveillance program, M = manual review of electronic medical records, CDI = Clostridioides difficile infection, GDH = glutamate dehydrogenase, PCR = polymerase chain reaction, EIA = enzyme immunoassay, O = Tests performed at the hospital.