Administrative Databases Provide Inaccurate Data for Surveillance of Long-Term Central Venous Catheter-Associated Infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 946-949

  Wright, Sharon B ^a,b   Huskins, W Charles ^a,c   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^a,d   Goldmann, Donald A ^a,e   Platt, Richard ^a,f,g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INSURANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BOSTON; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0346733129     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502164     Document Type: Article

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