The Devil is in the Details: Applying NHSN Criteria Accurately: CLABSI, SSI, MDROCriteria designed to look at apopulation at riskIdentify patients meeting thecriteriaConsistently apply the criteriaEnsures the comparability of the data- protects your facility andothersK...
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 ...
Our study aims to determine factors associated with accurate application of the surveillance criteria. Methods Members of Texas Infection Prevention (IP) professional organizations were emailed a web-based survey in January 2020. Respondents answered demographic and other questions related to 2019 NHSN ...
Conclusions The majority of unreported CLABSI events were due to misattribution of the event as a Secondary BSI. In these instances, along with the over-reported events, facilities most often incorrectly applied the site-specific criteria for Pneumonia. Of the seven events that were reported ...