TY - JOUR AU - Cherifi, Soraya AU - Mascart, Georges AU - Dediste, Anne AU - Hallin, Marie AU - Gerard, Michèle AU - Lambert, Marie-Laurence AU - Byl, Baudouin PY - 2013 DA - 2013/04/03 TI - Variations in catheter-related bloodstream infections rates based on local practices JO - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control SP - 10 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) surveillance serves as a quality improvement measure that is often used to assess performance. We reviewed the total number of microbiological samples collected in three Belgian intensive care units (ICU) in 2009–2010, and we described variations in CRBSI rates based on two factors: microbiological documentation rate and CRBSI definition which includes clinical criterion for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) episode. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-10 DO - 10.1186/2047-2994-2-10 ID - Cherifi2013 ER -