Cost-effective infection control success story: a case presentation.
In a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring a vascular catheter care nurse. Subsequent outcome data demonstrated a substantial reduction in central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
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The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. fslater@tmh.tmc.edu
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003422:Critical Care; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care