Surveillance length and validity of benchmarks for central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in intensive care units.

Surveillance length and validity of benchmarks for central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in intensive care units.

INTRODUCTION: Several national and regional central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) surveillance programs do not require continuous hospital participation. We evaluated the effect of different hospital participation requirements on the validity of annual CLABSI incidence rate benchma...

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Main Authors: Patricia S Fontela, Caroline Quach, David Buckeridge, Madukhar Pai, Robert W Platt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346722?pdf=render

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