Researchers compared infections identified by hospital administrative data with infection surveillance results for catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Surveillance data was considered the gold standard, according to the study.
Administrative data diagnosis codes had a sensitivity of 0 percent, 21 percent and 25 percent for CAUTI, CLABSI and VAP, respectively. The authors suggested hospitals “recognize the need for ongoing scrutiny of appropriate quality measures.”
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