Perspectives on central-line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance in home infusion therapy

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
• ² Infusion Nurses Society, Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation,Norwood,Massachusetts.
• ³ Quality Management, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
• ⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
• ⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine,Iowa City,Iowa.
• ⁶ Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Antibiotic Stewardship, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine,Detroit,Michigan.
• ⁷ Johns Hopkins Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group,Baltimore,Maryland.
• ⁸ Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice,Madison,Wisconsin.