Pondering vexing issues in infection prevention and control
Thursday, July 2, 2009
New York Report on Hospital Acquired Infections
The New York State Department of Health has released its second annual report on hospital acquired infections. The report is nicely done and contains hospital specific data for central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) as well as selected surgical site infections. Of note, Enterococcus was the leading cause of central line associated bloodstream infections.
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