Denominator Doesn't Matter: Standardizing Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates by Bed Days or Device Days

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 710-716

  Horstman, Molly J ^a,b   Li, Yu Fang ^c,d   Almenoff, Peter L ^c,e   Freyberg, Ron W ^c   Trautner, Barbara W ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED DAY; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE DAY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84990303145     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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