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Am J Infect Control ; 41(12): 1200-4, 2013 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24035214

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: In 2007, New York State (NYS) hospitals began mandatory public reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) data associated with intensive care units (ICUs) into the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Facilities were required to use the NHSN device-associated CLABSI criteria to identify laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections. METHODS: Onsite audits were conducted in ICUs by NYS hospital-acquired infection program staff using a standardized database. Hospitals provided ICU patient medical records with a positive blood culture during a selected time frame. RESULTS: Between 2007 and 2010, an average of 79% of all reporting hospitals were audited annually. Of the 5,697 patients audited, 3,104 (54%) had a central line in place, and 650 of the patients with a central line (21%) were identified as having a CLABSI by the hospital-acquired infection program reviewer. Between 2007 and 2010, the specificity increased from 90% to 99%, whereas the sensitivity remained stable at approximately 71%. As a result of the audit process, the NYS 2010 CLABSI rate increased by 5.6%. CONCLUSIONS: A standardized audit process has helped improve the accuracy of CLABSI reporting. Data validation provides consistent data for measuring the progress of infection prevention strategies and allows for relevant comparison of ICU data.


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Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis , Catheter-Related Infections/epidemiology , Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects , Epidemiologic Methods , Research Design/standards , Sepsis/diagnosis , Sepsis/epidemiology , Health Services Research/methods , Humans , Infection Control/methods , Intensive Care Units , New York/epidemiology
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Pediatr Infect Dis J ; 22(11): 968-74, 2003 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14614369

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BACKGROUND: Growth of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in a blood culture indicates infection or contamination. Differentiation may be difficult in pediatric patients from whom only a single blood culture is commonly obtained. METHODS: We evaluated the use of the incubation time to detection of growth [time to positive (TTP)] of CoNS in a continuously monitored blood culture system (BACTEC Peds/F bottles in BACTEC 9240) to differentiate infection from contamination. Three groups of febrile pediatric patients with blood cultures growing CoNS were identified: Group 1, children with vascular catheter-associated bloodstream infection; Group 2, previously healthy children with a contaminant; Group 3, chronically ill children with a contaminant. RESULTS: The median TTP for blood cultures from the 17 infection episodes, 11 h [mean, 13.2 h; 95% confidence interval (CI), 11.4 to 17.7], was significantly shorter than either the 30 episodes in the previously healthy group with contaminant, median 19 h (mean, 22.7 h; 95% CI 19.5 to 26.2; P < 0.0001) or the 12 episodes in the chronically ill group with contaminant, median 24 h (mean, 35.2 h; 95% CI 17.2 to 53.1; P < 0.0001). A TTP of < or =15 h had a positive predictive value of 84% for diagnosis of infection. A TTP of > or =22 h had a positive predictive value of 87% for diagnosis of contaminant. CONCLUSION: In our experience the TTP was a useful adjunctive test to determine the clinical significance of isolation of CoNS from a blood culture from a pediatric patient.


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Bacteremia/diagnosis , Bacteriological Techniques , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Staphylococcus/isolation & purification , Coagulase/metabolism , Cross Infection/diagnosis , Culture Media , Equipment Contamination , Humans , Pediatrics , Retrospective Studies , Staphylococcus/enzymology , Statistics, Nonparametric
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