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10-State project to study methods to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospital ICUs.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 19, 2009.

This announcement highlights a program in 10 states that will test methods of reducing central-line–associated blood stream infections in hospital intensive care units.
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