Impact of a five-year surveillance of central venous catheter infections in the REACAT intensive care unit network in France

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-129

  L'Heriteau F ^a   Olivier, M ^b   Maugat, S ^a   Joly, C ^a   Merrer, J ^b   Thaler, F ^c   Grandbastien, B ^a,d   Beaucaire, G ^a,d   Astagneau, P ^a,e   for the REACAT catheter study group, ^f  

^a Regional Co ordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control   (France)

^b Department of Reproductive Biology Cytogenetics Gynaecology and Obstetrics   (France)

^c FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Catheter related infection; Standardized incidence ratio; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FRANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VOLUNTEER;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34249727205     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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