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Impact of the 2013 Revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Surveillance Definition on Inpatient Hospital CLABSI Rates: Is It Enough?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kem Dutcher ,
Edith R. Lederman ,
Stephanie Brodine  and
Shilla Patel
Kem Dutcher*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Edith R. Lederman
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Stephanie Brodine
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Shilla Patel
Affiliation:
Clinical Epidemiology, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California
*
3907 Via Tranquilo, San Diego, CA 92122 (kdutcher@ucsd.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 9 , September 2013 , pp. 999 - 1001
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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