Variations in collecting date on central line infections

Variations in collecting date on central line infections.  BMJ 2012; 345: e6377.

Limb, M.

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Researchers have found huge variability in the way English hospitals collect, record, and report rates of central line infections in seriously ill patients. They say their findings “sound a warning” about the NHS’s
ability to measure safety in healthcare and compare hospitals’ performance on infections accurately.