Methods
Data Source
This report uses data stored in the On
the CUSP: Stop BSI National Database created and maintained by the Michigan Health & Hospital
Association's Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality (MHA Keystone
Center) in Lansing, Michigan. Each month, the number of central line
days and the number of central line-associated bloodstream
infections (CLABSIs) observed in the participating hospital units are
submitted into the National Database. Some hospitals submit infection rate
data directly into this database, and others contribute data through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's)
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). All participants use CDC
definitions to count central line days and determine the number of CLABSIs
observed in participating units.
All analyses are based on data drawn
from the National Database on June 15, 2011. Because we want to recognize as
many of the hospitals that have chosen to participate as possible, a complete
list of hospitals that have contributed to the national project database can be
found at the project Web site at http://www.onthecuspstophai.org.
Participation
Measures
Data from the On the CUSP: Stop
BSI National Database were linked to information in the 2009 AHA Annual
Survey of hospitals based on hospital name, location, and AHA hospital
identifier (when available and accurate). All hospitals that could be linked
were classified by size using the "total beds staffed" variable from the American Hospital Association (AHA)
Annual Survey. Hospitals were also classified based on whether they were
critical access hospitals, rural referral hospitals, members of a health care
system, located in one of the 100 largest cities in the United States, or are
considered a teaching hospital by AHA. Hospital characteristics were not
available for those hospitals or for any hospitals that could not be matched to
data in the AHA Annual Survey. Also excluded from the analyses were units
without any baseline data (265 units) or without any followup data (15 units).
CLABSI
Rates
CLABSI rates for the four
cohorts were calculated for a baseline time period of up to 12 months before
the CUSP intervention and for each subsequent 3-month time period (i.e.,
quarter). The time periods are shown below.
Cohort |
Intervention
Date |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10 |
11 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
Cohort 1
|
5/1/2009
|
Baseline
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q5
|
Q6
|
Q7
|
Q8
|
|
Cohort 2
|
9/1/2009
|
|
Baseline
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q5
|
Q6
|
Q7
|
Cohort 3
|
2/1/2010
|
|
Baseline
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q5
|
Q6
|
Cohort 4
|
7/1/2010
|
|
Baseline
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Central line days were
calculated as the sum of all reported central line days during the reporting
period, while the number of CLABSIs equaled the sum total of all CLABSIs
reported during the period. The unit level CLABSI rate equals the ratio of
CLABSIs to central line days multiplied by 1,000.
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