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

Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: Reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control professionals

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

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The Impact of Hospital Practice on Central Venous Catheter—Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates at the Patient and Unit Level: A Multicenter Study

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Using Samples to Estimate the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Surveillance Process

(2008) Emma S. McBryde et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Daily cost of antimicrobial therapy in patients with Intensive Care Unit-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection

(2008) Dominique M. Vandijck et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Estimating sensitivity and specificity from positive predictive value, negative predictive value and prevalence: application to surveillance systems for hospital-acquired infections

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