RE: Preventability of hospital onset bacterermia and fungemia: A pilot study of potential healthcare-associated infection outcome measure, by Dantes et al (2019)

Anna M Civitarese¹, Eric Ruggieri², J Mattias Walz³, Deborah Ann Mack⁴, Stephen O Heard³, Michael Mitchell⁵, Craig M Lilly^{6

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8}, Karen E Landry⁹, Richard T Ellison^{4

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10}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Emergency Medical Services, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolWorcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Infection Control Department, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁷ Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁸ Department of Critical Care Operations, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁹ Fresenius Medical, Waltham, Massachusetts.
¹⁰ Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Comment

Anna M Civitarese et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;40(10):1209-1210.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.193. Epub 2019 Jul 25.

Anna M Civitarese¹, Eric Ruggieri², J Mattias Walz³, Deborah Ann Mack⁴, Stephen O Heard³, Michael Mitchell⁵, Craig M Lilly^{6

7

8}, Karen E Landry⁹, Richard T Ellison^{4

6

10}

¹ Division of Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Emergency Medical Services, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolWorcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Infection Control Department, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁷ Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁸ Department of Critical Care Operations, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁹ Fresenius Medical, Waltham, Massachusetts.
¹⁰ Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Comment on

Preventability of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia: A pilot study of a potential healthcare-associated infection outcome measure.
Dantes RB, Rock C, Milstone AM, Jacob JT, Chernetsky-Tejedor S, Harris AD, Leekha S. Dantes RB, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Mar;40(3):358-361. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.339. Epub 2019 Feb 18. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 30773166 Free PMC article.