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Device Use Ratio Measured Weekly Can Reliably Estimate Central Line–Days for Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark A. Shelly ,
Cathy Concannon ,
Ghinwa Dumyati  and
Rochester Infection Prevention Group
Mark A. Shelly*
Affiliation:
Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Cathy Concannon
Affiliation:
Center for Community Health, Rochester, New York
Ghinwa Dumyati
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York Center for Community Health, Rochester, New York
*
Highland Hospital, 1000 South Avenue, Box 45, Rochester, NY 14620-2012 ([email protected])
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Six hospitals joined to perform surveillance for central line–associated bloodstream infections outside of intensive care units (ICUs). To facilitate the counting of device-days, a weekly measure of the device use ratio was validated as an estimate of central line–days outside the ICU.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 727 - 730
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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