Validity of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator "central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections"

"Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections" (CR-BSIs) is one of the patient safety indicators (PSI 7) developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to screen for potential safety events. We sought to investigate the validity of this PSI using the medical r...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Surgeons Vol. 212; no. 6; p. 984
Main Authors:	Cevasco, Marisa, Borzecki, Ann M, O'Brien, William J, Chen, Qi, Shin, Marlena H, Itani, Kamal M F, Rosen, Amy K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.06.2011
Subjects:	Aged Bacteremia - epidemiology Bacteremia - microbiology Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects Catheterization, Central Venous - statistics & numerical data Clinical Coding - standards Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Cross-Sectional Studies False Positive Reactions Female Fungemia - epidemiology Fungemia - microbiology Health Services Research Hospitals, Veterans - statistics & numerical data Humans Inpatients Male Medical Errors - prevention & control Medical Errors - statistics & numerical data Medical Records Systems, Computerized Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - prevention & control Predictive Value of Tests Quality Indicators, Health Care - standards Quality Indicators, Health Care - trends Reproducibility of Results Research Design Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Safety Management - standards Sepsis - complications Sepsis - epidemiology Sepsis - etiology Sepsis - microbiology Sepsis - prevention & control Treatment Outcome United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	1879-1190, 1879-1190
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