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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Preventing Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections among Hemodialysis Patients in Canada in 2004
Value in Health, 07/30/09

Hong Z et al. – The authors study provides evidence that the economic benefit from implementing infection control programs could be expected to be well in excess of additional cost postinfection if the reduction of BSI can be reduced by 20% to 30%. Infection control offered double benefits: saving money while simultaneously improving the quality of care.

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Zhiyong Hong, 08/01/09

Dear Editots: Thank you for your wonderful briefings and we are glad to ahre our experience with international society. Best wishes, Yours truly Zhiyong Hong, MD, MPH, DrPH Senior Epidemiologist / Public Health Agency of Canada Professor / Health Science Program, University of Ottawa

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Incidence of and Risk Factors for Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Adults in the United States, 2003
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: Reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control professionals
American Journal of Infection Control, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in an 87-year-old woman with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection
Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Cytomegalovirus-specific, high-avidity IgG with neutralizing activity in maternal circulation enriched in the fetal bloodstream
Journal of Clinical Virology, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Improving diagnosis of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by using differential time to positivity as a hospital-wide approach at a cancer hospital
Journal of Infection, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 80%