title: Distribution of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Determined From Washington State's Annual Reporting Validation Program, 2009-2013.
abstract: Healthcare-associated infection reporting validation is essential because this information is increasingly used in public healthcare quality assurances and care reimbursement. Washington State's validation of central line-associated bloodstream infection reporting applies credible quality sciences methods to ensure that hospital reporting accuracy is maintained. This paper details findings and costs from our experience. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:489-492.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Disease Control and Health Statistics,Washington State Department of Health,Olympia,Washington,United States.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lempp
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Disease Control and Health Statistics,Washington State Department of Health,Olympia,Washington,United States.
authors.forename: M Jeanne
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: 2Applied Epidemiology,British Columbia,Canada.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology