Importance of risk adjusting central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in children
Failure to adjust for patient factors, particularly acuity and complexity of disease, may miss clinically significant differences in CLABSI rates, and may lead to inaccurate interpretation of the impact of quality improvement efforts.
Authors
- Di Shu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7564-5186)
- Ron Keren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9181-0927)
- Cecelia Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4936-0969)
- Amy L. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-9249)
- Yuan‐Shung Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1942-6197)
- Lakshmi Srinivasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6786-9523)
- Ashley Oliver
- Kait M Donnelly
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.111
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74
Funders
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia