Diagnosing and Reporting of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections

Meaningful measure of performance: A foundation built on valid, reproducible findings from surveillance of health care-associated infections

(2011) Scott K. Fridkin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: Implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections

(2011) Joshua T. Freeman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Report, data summary for 2010, device-associated module

(2011) Margaret A. Dudeck et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Variation in Public Reporting of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections by State

(2011) Monica S. Aswani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

CLABSI Rates in Immunocompromised Patients: A Valuable Patient Centered Outcome?

(2011) T. G. Fraser et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of subsequent bloodstream infection in patients with positive Hickman catheter blood cultures and negative peripheral blood cultures

(2011) Ki-Ho Park et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs

(2011) Craig A. Umscheid et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Laws Pertaining to Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Review of 3 Legal Requirements

(2011) Julie Reagan et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Validation of the surveillance and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infection data to a state health department

(2010) Lauren A. Backman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

The harder you look, the more you find: Catheter-associated bloodstream infection surveillance variability

(2010) Matthew F. Niedner   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Current Definitions of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Is the Emperor Wearing Clothes?

(2010) Daniel J. Sexton et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Comparing Quantitative Culture of a Blood Sample Obtained through the Catheter with Differential Time to Positivity in Establishing a Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

(2010) Iba Al Wohoush et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter‐Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Leonard A. Mermel et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Validation of Statewide Surveillance System Data on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Intensive Care Units in Australia

(2009) Emma S. McBryde et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

(2008) Teresa C. Horan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL