Surveillance length and validity of benchmarks for central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in intensive care units

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Fontela, Patricia S ^a,b   Quach, Caroline ^a,b   Buckeridge, David ^a   Pai, Madukhar ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; VALIDITY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

BENCHMARKING; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84860610942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036582     Document Type: Article

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