Here are 20 statistics on central line-associated bloodstream infections in the United States. All data are derived from the CDC's recent National and State Healthcare-associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report.
Reporting
• The total number of U.S. healthcare facilities reporting CLABSIs to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network grew from 1,695 in 2009 to 2,403 in 2010.
• The total number of facility locations (intensive care units, wards and neonatal intensive care units) reporting this type of infection to the NHSN also grew from 5,493 in 2009 to 8,904 in 2010.
Infection rate change from 2009-2010
• U.S. healthcare facilities saw an overall decrease in CLABSIs from 2009 to 2010.
• Only two states (Arizona and Delaware) saw a significant increase in state-specific standardized infection ratios for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010, which compares the number of central line infections in a hospital's intensive care unit to a national benchmark based on data reported to NHSN.
• Twenty-one states (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont and Wisconsin) reported no change in SIRs for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010.
• Twenty-one states (California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia) reported a significant decrease in SIRs for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010.
• Remaining states did not have a SIR reported if there were fewer than five facilities reporting CLABSI data from 2009 to 2010.
Infection rates in 2010
• Most states (41 states) reported a CLABSI SIR of less than one, which indicates hospitals had fewer CLABSIs than hospitals of similar type and size in 2010.
• Two states (Alabama and Indiana) reported a CLABSI SIR of greater than one, indicating hospitals had more CLABSIs than hospitals of similar type and size in 2010.
• Remaining states with no SIR had fewer than five facilities reporting CLABSI data.
Reporting
• The total number of U.S. healthcare facilities reporting CLABSIs to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network grew from 1,695 in 2009 to 2,403 in 2010.
• The total number of facility locations (intensive care units, wards and neonatal intensive care units) reporting this type of infection to the NHSN also grew from 5,493 in 2009 to 8,904 in 2010.
Infection rate change from 2009-2010
• U.S. healthcare facilities saw an overall decrease in CLABSIs from 2009 to 2010.
• Only two states (Arizona and Delaware) saw a significant increase in state-specific standardized infection ratios for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010, which compares the number of central line infections in a hospital's intensive care unit to a national benchmark based on data reported to NHSN.
• Twenty-one states (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont and Wisconsin) reported no change in SIRs for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010.
• Twenty-one states (California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia) reported a significant decrease in SIRs for CLABSI from 2009 to 2010.
• Remaining states did not have a SIR reported if there were fewer than five facilities reporting CLABSI data from 2009 to 2010.
Infection rates in 2010
• Most states (41 states) reported a CLABSI SIR of less than one, which indicates hospitals had fewer CLABSIs than hospitals of similar type and size in 2010.
• Two states (Alabama and Indiana) reported a CLABSI SIR of greater than one, indicating hospitals had more CLABSIs than hospitals of similar type and size in 2010.
• Remaining states with no SIR had fewer than five facilities reporting CLABSI data.