Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Early Release / Vol. 60, March 1, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Central Line–Associated Blood Stream Infections — United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
• Description:
  Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) affect 5% of patients hospitalized in the United States each year. Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) are important and deadly HAIs, with reported mortality of 12%-25%. This report provides national estimates of the number of CLABSIs among patients in intensive-care units (ICUs), inpatient wards, and outpatient hemodialysis facilities in 2008 and 2009 and compares ICU estimates with 2001 data.
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Care Facilities Catheter-Related Infections Catheterization, Central Venous Infection Control Intensive Care Units
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Central Line–Associated Blood Stream Infections — United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009, March 1, 2011
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  MMWR: Early Release
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  60
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1e84335658ebc2e61a19a1899853cc4c3a444cd980b6dc7f0ed6a28a1919e1c6457e23059e8fc546a2ccf6a406505b55b72df36e3fcf524644f7642ebad579e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257378/cdc_257378_DS1.pdf
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