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Leon J Worth1, James Black, John F Seymour
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. leon.worth@petermac.org
Abstract:
We evaluated 66 patients in a hematology unit, who used a total of 106 central venous catheters (CVCs), to identify CVC-associated bloodstream infections using standard and modified surveillance case definitions. Compared with the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system criteria, a modified case definition used by treating physicians demonstrated 100.0% sensitivity and 94.3% specificity. This case definition provides a practical method for effectively excluding CVC-associated bloodstream infection.
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