Surveillance for catheter-associated bloodstream infection in hematology units: Quantifying the characteristics of a practical case definition

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-360

  Worth, Leon J ^a,b   Black, James ^b,c   Seymour, John F ^a,c   Thursky, Karin A ^a,b   Slavin, Monica A ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS;

EID: 40949103185     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528879     Document Type: Article

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