Infection associated with central venous or epidural catheters: How to reduce it?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-390

  Ranasinghe, J Sudharma ^a   Lee, Allison J ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic precautions; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE; PROPOFOL;

ASEPSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EQUIPMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE INJURY; TUBE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ASEPSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43149105964     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282fd68d5     Document Type: Review

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