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Assessing the Necessity of the Standardized Infection Ratio for Reporting Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (2013)

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

In: PLoS ONE

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Publication Date: 2013-11-05

Description: by Daniel M. Saman, Kevin T. Kavanagh This brief article presents results that support the contention that risk adjustment via the standardized infection ratio (SIR) for the reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) may be no more predictive than standard rate adjustments utilizing CLABSIs per central line days (i.e., CLABSI rates). Recent data posted on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Hospital Compare website showed that nearly 70% of 1721 reporting hospitals with at least 1000 central line days had five or fewer infections during 2011. These hospitals had 39.3% of the total central line days and a significantly lower SIR than poorer performing hospitals with six or more CLABSIs (p

Electronic ISSN: 1932-6203

Topics: Medicine , Natural Sciences in General

Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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