Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in California Hospitals

This dataset includes central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) data reported by California hospitals to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program, via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Hospital types include acute care, critical access, long-term acute care, free-standing rehabilitation hospitals, as well as acute rehabilitation units that report data separately.

CLABSI data for each hospital include the number of infections observed (reported) and predicted (based on national baseline data), the number of central line-days, the Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) and associated 95% confidence intervals, and statistical interpretation to show whether CLABSI incidence was the same (no different), better (lower), or worse (higher) than the national baseline. Central line insertion practices (CLIP) adherence percent for each hospital is calculated from data reported by all critical care locations (i.e., critical care areas, neonatal critical care, and one special care area, "Oncology - Medical/Surgical Critical Care"). In 2021, the CLIP reporting requirement to CDPH via NHSN was discontinued.

CLABSI SIRs are influenced by clinical and infection control practices related to central line insertion and infection control maintenance practices, patient-based risk factors, and surveillance and reporting methods. Health and Safety Code section 1288.55(a)(2) requires general acute care hospitals to report to CDPH all cases of CLABSI identified in their facilities.

For general information about NHSN, surveillance definitions, and reporting requirements for CLABSI, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/index.html

To link the CDPH facility IDs with those from other Departments, including OSHPD, please reference the "Licensed Facility Cross-Walk" Open Data table at: https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/licensed-facility-crosswalk.

For information about healthcare-associated infection prevention progress in California hospitals and statewide prevention goals, please visit: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/AnnualHAIReports.aspx

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Contact Email [email protected]
Program California Dept of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality/Healthcare-Associated Infections Program/Epidemiology Unit
Homepage URL https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/HAIProgramHome.aspx
Temporal Coverage

2013-present
Spatial/Geographic Coverage

California
Geographic Granularity County
Language English
Frequency Annually
De-Identification Method

See Healthcare-Associated Infections Report at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/AnnualHAIReports.aspx
Source Link https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/HAIProgramHome.aspx
Data Collection Tool

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN): http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/

California specific NHSN reporting guidelines: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/CA_SpecificReportingGuidelines.aspx
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Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Additional Information

Health and Safety Code section 1288.55(a)(1) requires general acute care hospitals to report to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) all cases of CLABSI identified in their facilities. The California Health and Safety Code section 1288.8(b) requires CLIP hospital data from all critical care locations to be reported to CDPH. The data are submitted by California hospitals to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). For more information on data collection processes and methods, please see the "Technical Notes" of the healthcare-associated infections (HAI) report at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/AnnualHAIReports.aspx
Last Updated July 6, 2023, 17:03 (UTC)