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Comment
. 2023 Nov:18:1133-1136.
doi: 10.2217/fmb-2023-0199. Epub 2023 Oct 30.

Hospital-onset bacteremia: clinical and regulatory ramifications

Kalvin C Yu  1 , Anuprita Patkar  1
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Hospital-onset bacteremia: clinical and regulatory ramifications

Kalvin C Yu et al. Future Microbiol. 2023 Nov.
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Abstract

Tweetable abstract Read the commentary by @Kalvin_Yu_MD and Anuprita Patkar, PhD on the higher risk mortality, LOS and cost of hospital-onset bacteremia (HOB), and the implications of a regulatory HOB quality metric for patient care, clinical workflows and hospital administration #PatientSafety #QualityMetric.

Keywords: bloodstream infection; hospital-acquired infection; hospital-onset bacteremia; quality metric.

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