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

Context: Central line-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) rates, determined by infection preventionists using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance definitions, are increasingly published to compare the quality of patient care delivered by hospitals. However, such comp...

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Published in:	JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 304; no. 18; pp. 2035 - 2042
Main Authors:	Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, Woeltje KF, Borlawsky TB, Doherty JA, Stevenson KB, Weinstein RA, Trick WE, Lin, Michael Y, Hota, Bala, Khan, Yosef M, Woeltje, Keith F, Borlawsky, Tara B, Doherty, Joshua A, Stevenson, Kurt B, Weinstein, Robert A, Trick, William E
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	American Medical Association 11/10/2010
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