Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement.

Jeffrey E. Nowak; Richard J. Brilli; Michael R. Lake; Karen W. Sparling; John Butcher; Marion Schulte; Derek S. Wheeler

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Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement.

October 13, 2010

Nowak JE, Brilli RJ, Lake MR, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11(5):579-87.

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This case-control study documents the clinical consequences and additional costs associated with catheter–associated bloodstream infections, and uses these data to make the business case for efforts to prevent such infections.

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