Central venous catheter-related bacteraemia in critically ill neonates: Risk factors and impact of a prevention programme

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-224

  Maas, A ^a   Flament, P ^b   Pardou, A ^b   Deplano, A ^b   Dramaix, M ^a   Struelens, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aseptic technique; Bacteraemia; CVC; NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLONE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PLASMID; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031754756     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90139-6     Document Type: Article

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