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The place of acquisition of the blood stream infection was defined as nosocomial if the infection developed after 48 hours of hospitalization or within 14 days of previous hospitalization.
The incidence of nosocomial pneumonia and mortality were treated as binary variables.
Estimates of their use in the United States alone suggest that over five million CVCs are inserted annually [ 1 2 ] . Although CVCs have significant benefits in many clinical situations, the increase in their use over the last 20 years has been associated with at least a doubling of resultant nosocomial infections [ 3 4 ] . A number of factors may contribute to the risk of catheter related infections (CRI) [ 5 6 7 8 9 ] . Although a common problem, the descriptive epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors and best means of diagnosing CRI have not yet been fully elucidated.
The longer length of stay in the RRHs is likely to have contributed to the higher nosocomial event rate.
The intensive care unit admission rate of patients with community-acquired blood stream infection was similar to that of patients with nosocomial blood stream infection (19% vs. 44%; P = 0.0820).