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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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
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| author | Mao-Cheng Lee Lynora Saxinger Sarah E Forgie Geoffrey Taylor |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj-art-c6c00a5dc47b4b18a5b80e7b8ae795a92025-02-03T01:01:41ZengWileyCanadian 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 |
| spellingShingle | Mao-Cheng Lee Lynora Saxinger Sarah E Forgie Geoffrey Taylor Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections following Health Care Restructuring in Alberta between 1999 and 2005 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/123764 |
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