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. 2021 Aug;49(8):1075-1077.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

Healthcare-associated infections studies project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration

Jennifer Watkins  1 , Cindy Gross  2 , Dominique Godfrey-Johnson  3 , Katherine Allen-Bridson  4 , Joan N Hebden  5 , Marc-Oliver Wright  6
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Healthcare-associated infections studies project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration

Jennifer Watkins et al. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the application of the Pneumonia (PNEU), Ventilator-associated event (VAE), and Bloodstream infections (BSI) surveillance definitions to a patient with COVID-19. The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN HAI surveillance definitions among Infection Preventionists (IPs) and encourage accurate determination of HAI events.

Keywords: Bloodstream infections; COVID-19; Pneumonia; Ventilator-associated events.

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    1. Wright MO, Hebden JN, Bridson KA, Morrell GC, Horan T. Healthcare-associated infections studies project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network Data Quality Collaboration. Am J Infect Control. 2010;38:416–418. - PubMed

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