Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Central Line―Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

Aditya H GAUR; David G BUNDY; CUILAN GAO; Eric J WERNER; Amy L BILLETT; Jeff D HORD; Jane D SIEGEL; David DICKENS; Cindi WINKLE; Marlene R MILLER; Children's Hospital Association Hematology-Oncology Quality Transformation Collaborative Project

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Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Central Line―Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

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Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Central Line―Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

Aditya H GAUR, David G BUNDY, CUILAN GAO, Eric J WERNER, Amy L BILLETT, Jeff D HORD, Jane D SIEGEL, David DICKENS, Cindi WINKLE, Marlene R MILLER, …

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.34(3), pp.316-320

2013

DOI: 10.1086/669513

PMID: 23388370

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Abstract

Across 36 US pediatric oncology centers, 576 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) were reported over a 21-month period. Most infections occurred in those with leukemia and/or profound neutropenia. The contribution of viridans streptococci infections was striking. Study findings depict the contemporary epidemiology of CLABSIs in hospitalized pediatric cancer patients.

Infectious Diseases

Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models

Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine

Public health. Hygiene

General aspects

Miscellaneous

Bacterial diseases

Human bacterial diseases

Biological and medical sciences

Medical sciences

Bacterial sepsis

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Title: Subtitle: Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Central Line―Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead
Creators: Aditya H GAUR - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
David G BUNDY - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
CUILAN GAO - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Eric J WERNER - Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Amy L BILLETT - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jeff D HORD - Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, United States
Jane D SIEGEL - Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
David DICKENS - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Cindi WINKLE - Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marlene R MILLER - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Children's Hospital Association Hematology-Oncology Quality Transformation Collaborative Project
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.34(3), pp.316-320
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1086/669513
PMID: 23388370
ISSN: 0899-823X
eISSN: 1559-6834
Language: English
Date published: 2013
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Hematology/Oncology
Record Identifier: 9984093341502771

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