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University HealthSystem Consortium Quality Performance Benchmarking Study of the Insertion and Care of Central Venous Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Brian P. Harting ,
Thomas R. Talbot ,
Timothy H. Dellit ,
Joan Hebden ,
Joanne Cuny ,
William H. Greene  and
John Segreti
Brian P. Harting*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Thomas R. Talbot
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Timothy H. Dellit
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Joan Hebden
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Department of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Joanne Cuny
Affiliation:
University HealthSystem Consortium, Oak Brook, Illinois
William H. Greene
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York
John Segreti
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
*
Rush University Medical Center, 600 S. Paulina, Academic Facility 143, Chicago, IL 60612, (brian_harting@rush.edu)
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Abstract

We report data from an observational benchmarking study of adherence to recommended practices for insertion and maintenance of central venous catheters at a heterogeneous group of academic medical centers. These centers demonstrated a need for significant improvement in implementation and documentation of quality performance measures for the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , pp. 440 - 442
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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