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2015 NHSN CAUTI Definition Change and Its Impact on CLABSI Rates at an Academic Medical Center
BACKGROUND: The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) revised their catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) definition in January 2015 to exclude funguria. This definition change led to an increase in diagnosis of catheter-related fungemia in other health systems, due to the exclusio...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632001/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.331 |