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Casablanca Redux: We Are Shocked That Public Reporting of Rates of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Are Inaccurate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniel J. Sexton ,
Luke F. Chen ,
Rebekah Moehring ,
Paul A. Thacker  and
Deverick J. Anderson
Daniel J. Sexton*
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Rebekah Moehring
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Paul A. Thacker
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
DUMC 102359, Durham, NC 27710 (sexto002@mc.duke.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2012 , pp. 932 - 935
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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