Evaluating application of the national healthcare safety Network central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition: A survey of pediatric intensive care and hematology/oncology units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 663-670

  Gaur, Aditya H ^a   Miller, Marlene R ^b,c   Gao, Cuilan ^a,g   Rosenberg, Carol ^c   Morrell, Gloria C ^d   Coffin, Susan E ^e   Huskins, W Charles ^f  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

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

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878761441     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671005     Document Type: Article

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