National estimates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in critical care patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 547-554

  Wise, Matthew E ^a   Douglas Scott II, R ^a   Baggs, James M ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Stat, M ^a   Ellingson, Katherine D ^a   Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Clifford McDonald, L ^a   Jernigan, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877648370     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670629     Document Type: Article

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