Tag Archives: CRBSI

Private Insurance Companies getting on board

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Mary Smith

5/23/13 – JOHNS HOPKINS -HOSPITALS PROFIT WHEN PATIENTS DEVELOP BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS ENP Newswire – 23 May 2013 Release date- 22052013 – Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by

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Reporting infection rates outside the ICU

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Mary Smith

CDC released the April 2013 CDC/NHSN Protocol Corrections, Clarification, and Additions that surveillance will occur in any inpatient location where denominator data can be collected, which may include critical/intensive care units (ICU), specialty care areas (SCA) neonatal units including neonatal

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American Journal of Infection Control

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Mary Smith

AJIC February 2013,  highlights several articles on central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)  an official publication of APIC.  The article:   “The United States’ progress toward eliminating catheter-related blood stream infections:  Incidence, mortality and hospital length of stay from 1996 to

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