Completeness of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Reporting From Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2013.

Duc B Nguyen Isaac See Nicole Gualandi Alicia Shugart Christi Lines Wendy Bamberg Ghinwa Dumyati Lee H Harrison Lindsey Lesher Joelle Nadle Susan Petit Susan M Ray William Schaffner John Townes Levi Njord Dawn Sievert Nicola D Thompson Priti R Patel

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

1Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Atlanta,Georgia.

Published: February 2016

Reports of bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among chronic hemodialysis patients to 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance systems (National Healthcare Safety Network Dialysis Event and Emerging Infections Program) were compared to evaluate completeness of reporting. Many methicillin-resistant S. aureus bloodstream infections identified in hospitals were not reported to National Healthcare Safety Network Dialysis Event.

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