Sustained Infection Reduction in Outpatient Hemodialysis Centers Participating in a Collaborative Bloodstream Infection Prevention Effort. (12th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yi, Sarah H.; Kallen, Alexander J.; Hess, Sally; Bren, Virginia R.; Lincoln, Mary E.; Downham, Gemma; Kelley, Karen; Booth, Stephanie L.; Weirich, Heather; Shugart, Alicia; Lines, Christi; Melville, Anna; Jernigan, John A.; Kleinbaum, David G.; Patel, Priti R.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 7(2016)
• Page Start: 863
• Page End: 866
• Publication Date: 2016-02-12
• 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.2016.22
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Among dialysis facilities participating in a bloodstream infection (BSI) prevention collaborative, access-related BSI incidence rate improvements observed immediately following implementation of a bundle of BSI prevention interventions were sustained for up to 4 years. Overall, BSI incidence remained unchanged from baseline in the current analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:863–866