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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network’s Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting versus Traditional Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection Surveillance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Arthur W. Baker*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Michael J. Durkin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Kristen V. Dicks
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Sarah S. Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Rebekah W. Moehring
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Program for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology, Durham, North Carolina
*
Duke University Medical Center, Box 102359, Room 181, Hanes House, Durham, NC 27710 (arthur.baker@dm.duke.edu).

Abstract

Hospitals must report cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) using a new laboratory-identified (LabID) event reporting module. BSI rates obtained using LabID differ from rates of BSI obtained from traditional surveillance (concordance of healthcare facility–onset cases, 61%–76%) because definitions used to report LabID events are inconsistent with traditional BSI definitions

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(10):1286–1289

Type
Concise Communication
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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