Discord among performance measures for central line- associated bloodstream infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-183

  Tehrani, David M ^a   Russell, Dana ^b   Brown, Jennifer ^c   Boynton Delahanty, Kim ^d   Quan, Kathleen ^e   Gibbs, Laurel ^f   Braddock, Geri ^b   Zaroda, Teresa ^b   Koopman, Marsha ^c   Thompson, Deborah ^e   Nichols, Amy ^f   Cui, Eric ^a   Liu, Catherine ^g   Cohen, Stuart ^c   Rubin, Zachary ^b   Pegues, David ^b   Torriani, Francesca ^d   Datta, Rupak ^a   Huang, Susan S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CALIFORNIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CLINICAL CODING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872199557     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669090     Document Type: Article

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