Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for preventing central venous catheter-related infection: Results of a knowledge test among 3405 European intensive care nurses

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 320-323

  Labeau, Sonia O ^a,b   Vandijck, Dominique M ^m   Rello, Jordi ^c   Adam, Sheila ^d   Rosa, Ana ^e   Wenisch, Christoph ^f   Bäckman, Carl ^g   Agbaht, Kemal ^h   Csomos, Akos ⁱ   Seha, Myriam ^j   Dimopoulos, George ^k   Vandewoude, Koenraad H ^a,b   Blot, Stijn I ^a,b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^f Medizinische Abteilung mit Infektions und Tropenmedizin   (Austria)

^g VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^j Intensive Care Unit   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^l GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Central venous catheter related infection; Evidence based guidelines; Intensive are; Nursing care; Prevention; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; LIPID EMULSION; POLYURETHAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GAUZE DRESSING; GENDER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NURSE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649105091     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181926489     Document Type: Article

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