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Feeding Back Surveillance Data To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

Robert Gaynes, Chesley Richards, Jonathan Edwards, T. Grace Emori, Teresa Horan, Juan Alonso-Echanove, Scott Fridkin, Rachel Lawton, Gloria Peavy, James Tolson, and the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Hospitals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Figure. Trends in bloodstream infection rates by type of intensive care unit, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system, 1990-1999. Bloodstream infection rate is number of central line-associated primary bloodstream infections per 1,000 central line-days.

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Figure. Trends in bloodstream infection rates by type of intensive care unit, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system, 1990-1999. Bloodstream infection rate is number of central line-associated primary bloodstream infections per 1,000 central line-days.


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