Perspectives on central-line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance in home infusion therapy

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
² Infusion Nurses Society, Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation,Norwood,Massachusetts.
³ Quality Management, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine,Iowa City,Iowa.
⁶ Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Antibiotic Stewardship, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine,Detroit,Michigan.
⁷ Johns Hopkins Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
⁸ Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice,Madison,Wisconsin.

Sara C Keller et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;40(6):729-731.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.90. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
² Infusion Nurses Society, Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation,Norwood,Massachusetts.
³ Quality Management, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine,Iowa City,Iowa.
⁶ Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Antibiotic Stewardship, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine,Detroit,Michigan.
⁷ Johns Hopkins Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
⁸ Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice,Madison,Wisconsin.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest related to this article.

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