Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates.

Michael Y. Lin; Bala Hota; Yosef M. Khan; Keith F. Woeltje; Tara B. Borlawsky; Joshua A. Doherty; Kurt B. Stevenson; Robert A. Weinstein; William E. Trick; CDC Prevention Epicenter Program

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Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates.

November 17, 2010

Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, et al. JAMA. 2010;304(18):2035-41.

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Prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections represents one of the patient safety movement's leading success stories. However, this study raises the concern that the accuracy of traditional methods for detecting these infections may vary considerably between hospitals.

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