Attributable costs of central line-associated bloodstream infections in a pediatric hematology/oncology population

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1157-1160

  Wilson, Matthew Z ^a   Rafferty, Colleen ^a   Deeter, Deana ^a   Comito, Melanie A ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hospital acquired infections; Infection control; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; INFANT; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927633063     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.07.025     Document Type: Article

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