Effect of an education program on decreasing catheter-related bloodstream infections in the surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Coopersmith, Craig M ^a   Rebmann, Terri L ^b   Zack, Jeanne E ^c   Ward, Myrna R ^c   Corcoran, Roslyn M ^c   Schallom, Marilyn E ^c   Sona, Carrie S ^c   Buchman, Timothy G ^a   Boyle, Walter A ^a   Polish, Louis B ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Central venous catheterization; Clinical trials; Cost control; Education; Infection; Prevention; Risk factors; Septicemia; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0036157768     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200201000-00009     Document Type: Article

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