Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2035-2041

  Lin, Michael Y ^a   Hota, Bala ^a,b   Khan, Yosef M ^e   Woeltje, Keith F ^c   Borlawsky, Tara B ^e   Doherty, Joshua A ^d   Stevenson, Kurt B ^e   Weinstein, Robert A ^a,b   Trick, William E ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 78149305511     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1637     Document Type: Article

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