Completeness of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Reporting From Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2013

Nguyen, Duc B.; See, Isaac; Gualandi, Nicole; Shugart, Alicia; Lines, Christi; Bamberg, Wendy; Dumyati, Ghinwa; Harrison, Lee H.; Lesher, Lindsey; Nadle, Joelle; Petit, Susan; Ray, Susan M.; Schaffner, William; Townes, John; Njord, Levi; Sievert, Dawn; Thompson, Nicola D.; Patel, Priti R.

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.265

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Completeness of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Reporting From Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2013

Published Date:

Nov 11 2015

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.265 New Site Icon

Source:

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 37(2):205-207.

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Details:

Personal Authors:

Nguyen, Duc B. ; See, Isaac ; Gualandi, Nicole ; Shugart, Alicia ; Lines, Christi ; ... More ▼

Pubmed ID:

26554448

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4817434

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

Document Type:

Journal Article

Collection(s):

CDC Public Access

Description:

Reports of bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among chronic hemodialysis patients to 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance systems (National Healthcare Safety Network Dialysis Event and Emerging Infections Program) were compared to evaluate completeness of reporting. Many methicillin-resistant S. aureus bloodstream infections identified in hospitals were not reported to National Healthcare Safety Network Dialysis Event. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(2):205-207.

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