Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
State of the Art
Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation
Table
Catheter-associated bloodstream infections per 1,000 central-line days, surgical ICU, Texas
| Year | Mean | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 8.8 | 8.9 |
| 1998 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| 1999 | 6.6 | 6.7 |


