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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 387-395Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611399116
Keywords
central line-associated bloodstream infections; patient safety; public reporting; HAI legislation
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- ARRA
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Institutes of Health
- National Patient Safety Agency (UK)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund for research related to measuring and improving patient safety
- Smart Hospitals
- US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to reduce infections in hospitals across the United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are common, costly, and largely preventable. Consumers who want high-quality care should have access to CLABSI rates to make health care decisions. The authors searched state health department Web sites for publicly available CLABSI data. Fourteen states, all with mandatory CLABSI monitoring laws, had publicly available data. The authors identified significant variation in the presentation of infection rates, methods of risk adjustment, locations and care settings reported, time span of data collection, and time lag to reporting. The wide variation in availability and content of information illustrates the need for standardized CLABSI monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
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