Impact of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI)
In US:
§CRBSI: 350,000 patients per year
§Mortality rate: 12% to 25%
§Extra-hospital stay : 5 to 20 days per CRBSI
§Extra-costs : $34,000- $56,000  per CRBSI
§Annual costs: $2.3 billion
                               Stone PW, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2005;33:542-547.
      Perencevich EN, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:1121-33.
§More than 50% of CRBSI may be preventable.
                            Harbarth S, et al.  J Hosp Infect. 2003;54:258-266.