NHSN Validation Guidance and Toolkit; Validation for 2012 Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) in ICUs
- NHSN Validation Guidance and Toolkit; Validation for 2012 Central Line-associated Bloodstream
Infection (CLABSI) in ICUs (Chapters 1—3) [PDF - 798 KB]
- Appendix 1 Facility Self-validation Tool for CLABSI Surveillance [PDF - 96 KB]
- Appendix 2 Template Denominator Collection Methods Survey for CLABSI Surveillance [PDF -107 KB]
- Appendix 3a External Validation; Targeted Facility Selection [PDF - 353 KB]
- Appendix 3b External Validation; 5% Simple Random Sample of Facilities [PDF - 69 KB]
- Appendix 3c External Validation; Medical Record Selection [PDF - 74 KB]
- Appendix 4 Template Letter Requesting External Validation Site Visit [PDF - 67 KB]
- Appendix 5 and 5a ICU CLABSI Medical Record Abstraction Tool and Tennessee Checklists for Validation [PDF - 55 KB]
- Appendix 6 Example Template for CLABSI Audit Discrepancies Report to Facility [PDF - 82 KB]
- Appendix 7 Example Validation Follow-up Letters, With and Without Identified Problems [PDF - 87 KB]
- Appendix 8 Facility-Specific CLABSI Validation Summary and Post-Validation Analysis [PDF - 79 KB]
- Appendix 9 Rate the 2012 CLABSI Validation Guidance and Toolkit [PDF - 77 KB]
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