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Comparison of NHSN-Defined Central Venous Catheter Day Counts with a Method that Accounts for Concurrent Catheters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2015
Abstract
Central venous catheter (CVC) day definitions do not consider concurrent CVCs. We examined traditional CVC day counts and resultant central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates with a CVC day definition that included concurrent CVCs. Accounting for concurrent CVCs increased device day counts by 8.5% but only mildly impacted CLABSI rates.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(1): 107–109
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Presented at the IDWeek Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2013 (abstract # 1072).
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