ADOLESCENT;
ADULT;
ARTICLE;
CATHETER INFECTION;
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION;
CONTROLLED STUDY;
HEALTH CARE QUALITY;
HUMAN;
INFECTION PREVENTION;
INFECTION RATE;
MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;
MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION;
MEDICAL PRACTICE;
MORBIDITY;
MORTALITY;
PRACTICE GUIDELINE;
QUALITY CONTROL;
SEPSIS;
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;
BENCHMARKING;
CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS;
CATHETERS, INDWELLING;
GUIDELINE ADHERENCE;
HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY;
HUMANS;
QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;
SEPSIS;
UNITED STATES;
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One-year mortality of bloodstream infection-associated sepsis and septic shock among patients presenting to a regional critical care system
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Central venous catheter-related infection in a prospective and observational study of 2,595 catheters
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Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients in intensive care units - Pennsylvania, April 2001-March 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
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Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit
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Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU (published correction appears in N Engl J Med 2007; 356:2660). N Engl J Med 2006; 355:2725-2732.
Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU (published correction appears in N Engl J Med 2007; 356:2660). N Engl J Med 2006; 355:2725-2732.
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Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections by using maximal sterile barrier precautions during insertion
Raad II, Hohn DC, Gilbreath BJ, et al. Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections by using maximal sterile barrier precautions during insertion. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1994; 15:231-238.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002; 51:1-29.
