Assessing burden of central line–associated bloodstream infections present on hospital admission

We describe patients presenting to an academic medical center with CLABSI-POA over 1 year. Of the 130 admissions, half presented from home infusion (47%), followed by oncology clinic (22%), hemodialysis (14%), and skilled nursing facility (8%). Efforts to reduce CLABSIs should address patients across the entire health care system.
Source: American Journal of Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research