title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection surveillance.
abstract: Hospitals must report cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) using a new laboratory-identified (LabID) event reporting module. BSI rates obtained using LabID differ from rates of BSI obtained from traditional surveillance (concordance of healthcare facility-onset cases, 61%-76%) because definitions used to report LabID events are inconsistent with traditional BSI definitions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Arthur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.forename: Kristen V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Dicks
authors.forename: Sarah S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Rebekah W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Moehring
authors.forename: Luke F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: Deverick J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States