Why is it that internists do not follow guidelines for preventing intravascular catheter infections?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-533

  Rubinson, Lewis ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a,b   Haponik, Edward F ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKIN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21244473690     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502579     Document Type: Review

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