Open AccessTwo-Year Observational Study of Bloodstream Infection Rates in Hemodialysis Facility Patients with and without Catheters
Author(s) -
Robert S. Brown,
Kristin Brickel,
Roger B. Davis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.13551217
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , interquartile range , confidence interval , dialysis , catheter , bloodstream infection , bacteremia , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Bloodstream infection rates of patients on hemodialysis with catheters are greater than with other vascular accesses and are an important quality measure. Our goal was to compare relative bloodstream infection rates of patients with and without catheters as a quality parameter among the facilities providing hemodialysis.
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