Open AccessReal-world effectiveness of infection prevention interventions for reducing procedure-related cardiac device infections: Insights from the veterans affairs clinical assessment reporting and tracking program
Author(s) -
Archana Asundi,
Maggie A. Stanislawski,
Payal Mehta,
Anna E. Barón,
Hillary J. Mull,
P. Michael Ho,
Peter Zimetbaum,
Kalpana Gupta,
Westyn BranchElliman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2019.127
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , odds ratio , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , infection control , emergency medicine , surgery , physics , optics
To measure the association between receipt of specific infection prevention interventions and procedure-related cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections.