Central line-associated infections as defined by the centers for medicare and medicaid services' hospital-acquired condition versus standard infection control surveillance: Why hospital compare seems conflicted

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Moehring, Rebekah W ^a   Staheli, Russell ^b   Miller, Becky A ^c   Chen, Luke Francis ^d   Sexton, Daniel John ^d   Anderson, Deverick John ^d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Healthcare Quality Catalyst   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84873650004     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669527     Document Type: Article

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