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Impact of removing mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections from central line–associated bloodstream infection rates in the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2014

• Isaac See
• Minn M. Soe
• Lauren Epstein
• Jonathan R. Edwards
• Shelley S. Magill
• Nicola D. Thompson

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| DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.10.015

Central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) event data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network from 2014, the first year of required use of the mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (MBI-LCBI) definition, were analyzed to assess the impact of removing MBI-LCBI events from CLABSI rates. CLABSI rates decreased significantly in some location types after removing MBI-LCBI events, and MBI-LCBI events will be removed from publicly reported CLABSI rates.

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