A healthcare facility that offers surgical services only to patients who go home the same day of the procedure or surgery.

An emerging type of untreatable or difficult-to-treat Enterobacteriaceae that have developed high levels of resistance to antibiotics, including last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems.

An infection caused by germs that enter a person's kidneys, bladder, ureters or urethra through a urinary catheter – a tube inserted into the bladder to drain urine.

see Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

see Clostridium difficile

A long tube inserted in the neck, chest, arm or leg that ends near the heart. The line is used for taking blood samples, measuring blood pressure and giving medications. Also known as a central venous catheter.

An infection that spreads through the blood from a central line, often from the insertion site of the line.

Confidence Intervals (used in reference to statistics)

see Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection

An intestinal illness caused by toxins produced by a specific type of bacteria called Clostridium difficile.