Device use ratio measured weekly can reliably estimate central line-days for central line-associated bloodstream infection rates

Mark A Shelly; Cathy Concannon; Ghinwa Dumyati

doi:10.1086/660860

Device use ratio measured weekly can reliably estimate central line-days for central line-associated bloodstream infection rates

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):727-30. doi: 10.1086/660860.

Authors

Mark A Shelly¹, Cathy Concannon, Ghinwa Dumyati

Affiliation

¹ Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York 14620-2012, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21666408
DOI: 10.1086/660860

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
Catheterization, Central Venous / statistics & numerical data*
Catheters / statistics & numerical data
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Humans
Population Surveillance*
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results