Development of a modified surveillance definition of central line-associated bloodstream infections for patients with hematologic malignancies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 865-868

  DiGiorgio, Megan J ^a   Fatica, Cynthia ^a   Oden, Mary ^a   Bolwell, Brian ^b   Sekeres, Mikkael ^b   Kalaycio, Matt ^b   Akins, Patti ^b   Shane, Christina ^b   Bako, Jacob ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^c   Fraser, Thomas G ^a,c  

^a Quality and Patient Safety Institute   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84864928299     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667380     Document Type: Article

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