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Comparison of NHSN-Defined Central Venous Catheter Day Counts with a Method that Accounts for Concurrent Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2015

Thomas R. Talbot ,
James G. Johnson ,
Theodore Anders  and
Rachel M. Hayes
Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Department of Infection Prevention, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
James G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Department of Infection Prevention, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Theodore Anders
Affiliation:
Informatics Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Rachel M. Hayes
Affiliation:
Department of Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
*
Address correspondence to Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH, A2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN 37232 (tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu).
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Abstract

Central venous catheter (CVC) day definitions do not consider concurrent CVCs. We examined traditional CVC day counts and resultant central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates with a CVC day definition that included concurrent CVCs. Accounting for concurrent CVCs increased device day counts by 8.5% but only mildly impacted CLABSI rates.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(1): 107–109

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 107 - 109
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented at the IDWeek Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2013 (abstract # 1072).

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