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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 18;34(6):547–554. doi: 10.1086/670629

TABLE 1.

Estimates for Cumulative Number of Hospital-Onset CLABSIs, Cumulative Number of Hospital-Onset CLABSIs That Would Have Occurred on the Basis of 1990 Rates, and Cumulative Number of CLABSIs Prevented for 3 NNIS-NHSN Transition Scenarios in Critical Care Patients, Excluding Neonates, United States, 1990–2010

Cumulative no. of CLABSIs Cumulative no. of CLABSIs on the basis of 1990 rates Cumulative no. of CLABSIs prevented
Scenario 1 636,000 (609,000–666,000) 834,000 (771,000–912,000) 198,000 (149,000–261,000)
Scenario 2 462,000 (441,000–484,000) 566,000 (521,000–621,000) 104,000 (70,000–147,000)
Scenario 3 549,000 (525,000–575,000) 700,000 (646,000–766,000) 151,000 (110,000–204,000)

NOTE. Data in parentheses are 95% credible intervals. CLASBI, central line-associated bloodstream infection; NHSN, National Healthcare Safety Network; NNIS, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance.