Central venous access device infections in the critical care unit

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Tilton, Diana ^a  

^a Shawnee Mission Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line; Central venous access device (CVAD); Critical care; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INDURATION; THROMBOSIS; WOUND DRESSING; BANDAGE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHLEBITIS; SKIN CARE; UNITED STATES;

BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE'S ROLE; PHLEBITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744987436     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200604000-00004     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. O'Grady N, Alexander M, Dellinger E, et al. The Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections. Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2001:3.
2. Copstead L, Banasik J, Puhlman M. Pathophysiology. In: Infectious Process. St Louis, Mo: Elsevier 2005:chap 8.
3. National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System report. Data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004. Am J Infect Control. 2004;32:470-485.
4. Crnich C, Maki D. The promise of novel technology for the prevention of intravascular device-related blood stream infection. Healthc Epidemiol. 2002;34:1232-1242.
5. Eggimann P, Pittet D. Overview of catheter-related infections with special emphasis on prevention based on educational programs. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2002;8(5):295-305.
6. Krzywda E, Edmiston C. Central venous catheter infections clinical aspects of microbial etiology and pathogenesis. J Infus Nurs. 2002;25(1):29-34.
7. Climo M, Diekema D, Warren D, et al. Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infect Control Hosp. 2003;24(12):942-945.
8. Eggimann P, Harbarth S, Constantin M, et al. Impact of a prevention strategy targeted at vascular access care on the incidence of infections acquired in the intensive care. Lancet. 2000;355:1864-1868.
9. Amesur N, Zajko AB, Orans P. Central venous. Available at: www.e.medicine.com/radio/topic859.htm. Accessed March, 13, 2006.
10. Ray C. Infection control principles and practices in the care and management of central venous access devices. J Intraven Nurs. 1999;22(65):s18-s25.
11. Maki DG., Crinch CJ. Line sepsis in the ICU: prevention, diagnosis, and management. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2003;24(1):23-36.
12. Berenholtz S, Pronovost P, Lipsett P, et al. Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2004;32(10):2014-2020.
13. Yamamoto A, Solomon, J, Soulen MC, et al. Sutureless securement device reduces complications of peripherally inserted central catheters. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002;13(1):77-81.
14. Bagnall-Reeb H. Diagnosis of central venous access devices occlusions. J Intraven Nurs. 1998;21:8115-8121.