Continous surveillance of bloodstream infections across departments at a Danish University Hospital
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Introduction / objectives The rate of bloodstream infections has been monitored monthly since 2004 at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby. The hospital is a tertiary referral hospital with 400 beds specialising in paediatrics, gynaecology & obstetrics, urology, thoracic and vascular surgery, renal medicine, cardiology, infectious diseases and intensive care. The aim of this study was to identify variations in bloodstream infection rates across departments.
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