Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005

OBJECTIVE: A previous study at the University of Alberta Hospital/Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, revealed an increase in hospital-acquired bloodstream infection (BSI) rates associated with an increase in patient acuity during a period of public health care delivery restructuring...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mao-Cheng Lee, Lynora Saxinger, Sarah E Forgie, Geoffrey Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/123764