TY - JOUR AU - Slater, Fran T1 - Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 293 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In a surgical intensive care unit, the 1996-1997 incidence of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections exceeded that of hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. Interventions were implemented, and a cost-benefit analysis was done that led to hiring a vascular catheter care nurse. Subsequent outcome data demonstrated a substantial reduction in central catheter-associated bloodstream infections. KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700293 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0293_article ER - End of Reference