Central line infections in United States hospitals: An exploration of variation in central line device days and infection rates across hospitals that serve highly complex patient populations.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.12.001
Abstract: Our descriptive analyses show a wide distribution in rates of central line device days and central line-associated bloodstream infections for a given standardized infection ratio-the measure linked to federal payment penalties-among 215 US hospitals serving… read more here.
Keywords: device days; line device; line; infection ... See more keywords