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

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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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
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spelling doaj-c6c00a5dc47b4b18a5b80e7b8ae795a92021-07-02T01:57:04ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322010-01-01211e1e510.1155/2010/123764Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005Mao-Cheng Lee0Lynora Saxinger1Sarah E Forgie2Geoffrey Taylor3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, CanadaOBJECTIVE: 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 between 1993 and 1996. The present study assessed trends in BSIs since the end of the restructuring.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/123764
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Sarah E Forgie
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Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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Lynora Saxinger
Sarah E Forgie
Geoffrey Taylor
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title Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
title_short Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
title_full Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
title_fullStr Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
title_full_unstemmed Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005
title_sort trends in nosocomial bloodstream infections following health care restructuring in alberta between 1999 and 2005
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series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
issn 1712-9532
publishDate 2010-01-01
description 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 between 1993 and 1996. The present study assessed trends in BSIs since the end of the restructuring.
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