title: Dialysis Event Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network data summary, January 2007 through April 2011.
abstract: A total of 24,092 adverse events in hemodialysis outpatients during January 2007 through April 2011 were reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network. Of 2,656 bloodstream infections, 67.3% were in patients with central venous catheters. For all events, rates associated with central venous catheters were higher than for other vascular access types.
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: ppatel@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Priti R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shugart
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Chukwuma
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mbaeyi
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goding Sauer
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melville
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Duc B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kallen
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Catheter-related infections; Infection control; Patient safety; Public health surveillance