Cost-effective infection control success story: a case presentation.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Slater, F.
• Description:
  In a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring a vascular catheter care nurse. Subsequent outcome data demonstrated a substantial reduction in central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
• Subjects:
  Bacteremia Catheterization, Central Venous Cost-Benefit Analysis Cross Infection Humans Infection Control Intensive Care Organizational Case Studies Outcome And Process Assessment (Health Care)
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):293-294.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2b06d79e910f21e96b2cb255ecf6b82486294a5c510f23da4b93af12610d592f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15102/cdc_15102_DS1.pdf
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