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摘要

We thank Worth and colleagues. interest and comments on our publication. We agree that the existing definitions of central venous catheter-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) including those of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality on Health Care are inadequate for describing CLABSI in haematological patients. We support their suggestions to instigate further refinements to the definitions of CLABSI as it will improve uniformity in reporting of this type of infection. This will assist in delineating those infections that are healthcare acquired in this patient population, and foster the implementation and evaluation of infection control efforts.