A Multicenter Longitudinal Study of Hospital-Onset Bacteremia: Time for a New Quality Outcome Measure?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 143-148

  Rock, Clare ^a   Thom, Kerri A ^b   Harris, Anthony D ^b   Li, Shanahan ^c   Morgan, Daniel ^b   Milstone, Aaron M ^a   Caffo, Brian ^d   Joshi, Manjari ^e   Leekha, Surbhi ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ONSET BACTEREMIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES;

BACTEREMIA; CANADA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966300047     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.261     Document Type: Article

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