Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2001)

Impact of Hospital Care on Incidence of Bloodstream Infection: The Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control Study

  • Stephen B. Kritchevsky,
  • Barbara I. Braun,
  • Edward S. Wong,
  • Steven L. Solomon,
  • Lynn Steele,
  • Cheryl Richards,
  • Bryan P. Simmons

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0702.700193
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 193 – 196

Abstract

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The Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) study assesses the relationship between hospital care and rates of central venous catheter-associated primary bacteremia in 54 intensive-care units (ICUs) in the United States and 14 other countries. Using ICU rather than the patient as the primary unit of statistical analysis permits evaluation of factors that vary at the ICU level. The design of EPIC can serve as a template for studies investigating the relationship between process and event rates across health-care institutions.

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