Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: Reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control professionals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 643-648

  Worth, Leon J ^a,b   Brett, Judy ^a   Bull, Ann L ^a   McBryde, Emma S ^a,b   Russo, Philip L ^a   Richards, Michael J ^a,b  

^a Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

catheter related bloodstream infections; central venous catheter; intensive care unit; Laboratory confirmed; surveillance

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTEREMIA; BENCHMARKING; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 70349235374     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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