Hospital epidemiologists’ and infection preventionists’ opinions regarding hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia as a potential healthcare-associated infection metric

Opinions regarding etiology and preventability of hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia (HOB) and perspectives on HOB as a potential outcome measure reflecting quality of infection prevention and hospital care.

Dantes RB, Abbo LM, Anderson D, Hall L, Han JH, Harris AD, Leekha S, Milstone AM, Morgan DJ, Safdar N, Schweizer ML, Sengupta S, Seo SK, Rock C. Hospital epidemiologists’ and infection preventionists’ opinions regarding hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia as a potential healthcare-associated infection metric. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May;40(5):536-540.