Journal article
Rising Stakes for Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention: Implications for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.55(4), pp.996-1001
04/2017
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02544-16
PMCID: PMC5377856
PMID: 28122873
Abstract
Health care-associated infection (HAI) rates are subject to public reporting and are linked to hospital reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The increasing pressure to lower HAI rates comes at a time when advances in the clinical microbiology laboratory (CML) provide more-precise and -sensitive tests, altering HAI detection in ways that may increase reported HAI rates. I review how changing CML practices can impact HAI rates and how the financial implications of HAI metrics may produce pressure to change diagnostic testing practices. Finally, I provide suggestions for how to respond to this rapidly changing environment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rising Stakes for Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention: Implications for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
- Creators
- Daniel J Diekema - Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA daniel-diekema@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.55(4), pp.996-1001
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1128/JCM.02544-16
- PMID
- 28122873
- PMCID
- PMC5377856
- ISSN
- 1098-660X
- eISSN
- 1098-660X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2017
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983986269402771
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