Issue he Northern New Jersey APIC 2012 Needs Assessment identified a demand for tools that assist both the novice and experienced the Infection Preventionist with the new NHSN surveillance definitions. The goal of this group was to develop worksheets that promoted data collection based on current ...
Compared to those spending less time on NHSN surveillance (16 hours/week) had lower odds of identifying CAUTI but higher odds of identifying CLABSI. Conclusions Limited studies demonstrate variability in the accurate application of NHSN surveillance definitions. Possible factors contributing to this ...
associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) were assessed prospectively during 6 months (2018 March 21 to September 22) in an 18-bed ICU of a tertiary teaching hospital in Tehran according to new CDC/NHSN definitio...
AUC for current CDC/NHSN criteria was better than modified criteria (0.76 versus 0.66, P < 0.0001), suggesting it to be a better criterion for surveillance of CLABSI. Conclusion: Modified criteria were not superior to CDC/NHSN criteria for surveillance. Thus, there is a scope of improving ...
Conclusions Overall, there was evidence of inconsistent application of NHSN surveillance definitions for CAUTI and CLABSI. Beyond the CAUTI/CLABSI HAIs found there were several errors in applying NHSN surveillance definitions that resulted in other HAIs being identified. There were also two instances ...