Central Line–Associated Infections as Defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospital-Acquired Condition versus Standard Infection Control Surveillance: Why Hospital Compare Seems Conflicted

摘要

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the concordance of case-finding methods for central line–associated infection as defined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital-acquired condition (HAC) compared with traditional infection control (IC) methods.