Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation

Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation

In a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring...

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Main Author: Fran Slater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0293_article
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spelling doaj-524da5c3bb7146cd8563ebba320263fe2020-11-25T00:49:04ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592001-04-017229329410.3201/eid0702.700293Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case PresentationFran SlaterIn a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring a vascular catheter care nurse. Subsequent outcome data demonstrated a substantial reduction in central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0293_articleUnited States
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
United States
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title Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
title_short Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
title_full Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
title_fullStr Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
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publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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1080-6059
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description In a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring a vascular catheter care nurse. Subsequent outcome data demonstrated a substantial reduction in central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
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