Evaluation of Manual and Automated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance in Outpatient Dialysis Centers. (14th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thompson, Nicola D.; Wise, Matthew; Belflower, Ruth; Kanago, Meredith; Kainer, Marion A.; Lovell, Chris; Patel, Priti R.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 472
• Page End: 474
• Publication Date: 2016-01-14
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.336
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Outpatient hemodialysis bloodstream infection rates, now used for performance measurement and were significantly higher for manual compared with automated surveillance ( P <.001), largely owing to the absence of blood culture data in the dialysis electronic health record. Improvement in data sharing between hospitals and outpatient dialysis centers is necessary. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):472–474