Infection control-adults

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Infection control refers to activities performed to reduce the risk of infections. Although infection control is a long-standing activity for hospitals, it does not have well-established comparative indicators. We follow CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines for the identification and public reporting of infections. Like other hospitals, we practice universal precautions to reduce infections, but we collect systematic data only for selected infections ("targeted surveillance"). Many of the other sections of this report also have infection control indicators.

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better than U.S. average near U.S. average worse than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Med-Surg ICUs - infections per 1000 device days
cath-assoc. UTIs low 1.1 2.9 3.3     3.1
central-line-assoc. BSIs low 1.9 2.9 1.1     1.5
vent-assoc. pneumonia low 2.2 1.6 0.7     2.3
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Cardiothoracic ICUs - infections per 1000 device days
cath-assoc. UTIs low 1.7 4.0       3.2
central-line-assoc. BSIs low 0.8 0.9       1.4
vent-assoc. pneumonia low 2.3 3.8       4.7
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Miscellaneous
% inpatients with possible infection due to IV lines low 0.15 0.47 0.18      

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