Abstract:
:Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) event data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network from 2014, the first year of required use of the mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (MBI-LCBI) definition, were analyzed to assess the impact of removing MBI-LCBI events from CLABSI rates. CLABSI rates decreased significantly in some location types after removing MBI-LCBI events, and MBI-LCBI events will be removed from publicly reported CLABSI rates.
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
See I,Soe MM,Epstein L,Edwards JR,Magill SS,Thompson NDdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2016.10.015subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-03-01 00:00:00pages
321-323issue
3eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(16)30968-3journal_volume
45pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of infection control
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