Mentors decrease compliance with best sterile practices during central venous catheter placement in the Trauma Resuscitation Unit

Surgical Infections

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Guzzo, James L ^a   Seagull, F Jacob ^a   Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Sisley, Amy ^a   Mackenzie, Colin F ^a   Dutton, Richard P ^a   Scalea, Thomas ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL MASK; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; STERILIZATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645569873     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.7.15     Document Type: Article

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