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Potential Misclassification of Urinary Tract–Related Bacteremia Upon Applying the 2015 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance Definition From the National Healthcare Safety Network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2016

M. Todd Greene ,
David Ratz ,
Jennifer Meddings ,
Mohamad G. Fakih  and
Sanjay Saint
M. Todd Greene*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
David Ratz
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jennifer Meddings
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mohamad G. Fakih
Affiliation:
St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.
Sanjay Saint
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Address correspondence to M. Todd Greene, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan, Division of General Medicine, 2800 Plymouth Rd., NCRC Bldg. 16, Rm. 470C, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (mtgreene@med.umich.edu).
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Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection to include only urine culture bacteria of at least 1×105 colony-forming units/mL. Our findings suggest that the new surveillance definition may fail to capture clinically meaningful catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):469–471

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , April 2016 , pp. 469 - 471
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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