Evaluation of the reporting validity of central line-associated bloodstream infection data to a provincial surveillance program

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-218

  Fontela, Patricia S ^a,b   Rocher, Isabelle ^c   Piatt, Robert W ^a,b   Pai, Madhukar ^b   Buckeridge, David L ^b   Frenette, Charles ^d   Dionne, Marc ^c   Quach, Caroline ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; VALIDITY; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872177687     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669074     Document Type: Article

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