title: Device use ratio measured weekly can reliably estimate central line-days for central line-associated bloodstream infection rates.
abstract: Six hospitals joined to perform surveillance for central line-associated bloodstream infections outside of intensive care units (ICUs). To facilitate the counting of device-days, a weekly measure of the device use ratio was validated as an estimate of central line-days outside the ICU.
authors.affiliation: Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York 14620-2012, USA. Mark_Shelly@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shelly
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Concannon
authors.forename: Ghinwa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dumyati
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057785:Catheters / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results