Estimating excess length of stay due to central line-associated bloodstream infection: Separating the wheat from the chaff

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1115-1117

  Crnich, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY;

EID: 77957875853     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656594     Document Type: Note

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