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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2019

Sara C. Keller*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Mary Alexander
Affiliation:
Infusion Nurses Society, Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation, Norwood, Massachusetts
Deborah Williams
Affiliation:
Quality Management, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore, Maryland
Clare Rock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Jennifer Han
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marin Schweizer
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine, Iowa City, lowa
Teena Chopra
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Antibiotic Stewardship, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
Shiv Deol
Affiliation:
Quality Management, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore, Maryland
David K. Hirsch
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore, Maryland
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Lisa Gorski
Affiliation:
Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice, Madison, Wisconsin
*
Author for correspondence: Sara C. Keller, Email: Skeller9@jhmi.edu

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