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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Central line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Outcome Measure

CBE ID
0754
Endorsement Status
Endorsement Removed
E&M Committee Rationale/Justification

Endorsement removed due to measure steward confirming that CBE #0139 (https://p4qm.org/measures/0139) is the current specified measure. 

1.1 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Full Year 2011
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) of healthcare-associated, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) will be calculated among patients in the following patient care locations:
• Intensive Care Units (ICUs)
• Specialty Care Areas (SCAs) - adult and pediatric: long term acute care, bone marrow transplant, acute dialysis, hematology/oncology, and solid organ transplant locations
• other inpatient locations. (Data from these locations are reported from acute care general hospitals (including specialty hospitals), freestanding long term acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, and behavioral health hospitals. Only locations where patients reside overnight are included, i.e., inpatient locations.

    • 1.14 Numerator

      Total number of observed healthcare-associated CLABSI among patients in ICUs, NICUs, SCAs and other acute care hospital locations where patients reside overnight.

    • 1.15 Denominator

      Total number of expected CLABSIs, calculated by multiplying the number of central line device days for each location under surveillance for CLABSI during the period by the CLABSI rate for the same types of locations obtained from the standard population. Central line device- day denominator data that are collected differ according to the location of the patients being monitored. See 2a.8.

    • Exclusions

      1. Pacemaker wires and other nonlumened devices inserted into central blood vessels or the heart are excluded as central lines
      2. Peripheral intravenous lines are excluded from this measure

    • OLD 1.12 MAT output not attached
      Attached
      1.13a Data dictionary not attached
      No
    • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Endorsed National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
    • Steward
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention