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them best from their work involving nursing homes. Their latest data release has to do with central line infections...? Is it to make them more transparent in their reporting? (many states do not require reporting central-line infections and the CR... 
Here are our latest figures for central line infections, measured in cases per thousand ICU... about this and, in my opinion, deserve a lot of credit. A friend of mine was recently in the hospital and had one of these lines...
Central line-related bloodstream infections are a serious problem in hospitals. A central line...."
Like others in the country, the medical leadership at BIDMC decided that our current rate of central-line infections...
to hear that we've been able to reduce our central line infection rate, and more thrilled to hear... had the privilege of working with a number of colleagues who have helped make the reduction in central line...
I have been writing for many months about our efforts to eliminate central line infections...-by-year number of central line infections at BIDMC, as measured in cases per 1000 patient days...
I received this wonderful report from Blanche Murphy, Nurse Coordinator for the Central Line Service, who knows of my interest ineliminating central line infections. Be sure to check out the site... 
Subclavian central lines are commonly touted as the central line site least prone... catheterization: the forgotten central line. West J Emerg Med. 2009 May;10(2):110-4. Free access to PDF
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More in our continuing series on central lines infections. As always, these are presented... with department leadership present, after a review by the attending of record and primary nurse, as well as the Central Line...
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Emergency physicians are procedural experts in central venous access. The subclavian vein...
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When, in October of 2003, providers in 108 Michigan intensive care... measures of central tendency. Mean or average is a more familiar concept, however, so the authors... 
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