Surveillance Length and Validity of Benchmarks for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Incidence Rates in Intensive Care Units

Patricia S Fontela, Caroline Quach, David Buckeridge, Madukhar Pai and Robert W Platt

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-6

Abstract: Introduction: Several national and regional central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) surveillance programs do not require continuous hospital participation. We evaluated the effect of different hospital participation requirements on the validity of annual CLABSI incidence rate benchmarks for intensive care units (ICUs). Methods: We estimated the annual pooled CLABSI incidence rates for both a real regional (

Date: 2012
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