Validity of the AHRQ patient safety indicator "central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections"

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 984-990

  Cevasco, Marisa ^a,b   Borzecki, Ann M ^c,d,f   O'Brien, William J ^a   Chen, Qi ^a,c   Shin, Marlena H ^a   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,d,e   Rosen, Amy K ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL CODING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957601296     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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