Institutional Measures

Nosocomial Infections

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center tracks specific measures related to nosocomial infections.

You can download the operational definition of each measure in portable document format (.pdf) below:

Strategic Improvement Measures for Nosocomial Infections
Laboratory confirmed-blood stream infection associated with central venous catheters (Housewide rate, PICU, RCNIC, CICU, Hematology / Oncology, B5W / B5E) (90k) Laboratory confirmed-blood stream infection associated with central venous catheters (occurring within 0-4 days of insertion) (89k) Time between insertion-related infections (89k)

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