Education of physicians-in-training can decrease the risk for vascular catheter infection

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 641-648

  Sherertz, Robert J ^a,b,c   Ely, E Wesley ^a,d   Westbrook, Debi M ^a,c   Gledhill, Kate S ^a,c   Streed, Stephen A ^a,e   Kiger, Betty ^a,c   Flynn, Lenora ^a,c   Hayes, Stewart ^a,c   Strong, Sallie ^a,c   Cruz, Julia ^a,c   Bowton, David L ^a,c   Hulgan, Todd ^a,c   Haponik, Edward F ^a,f  

^a North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MRL Pharmaceutical Services   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 18144442943     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00007     Document Type: Article

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