CATHETER INFECTION;
CLINICAL EVALUATION;
DEVICE INFECTION;
DISINFECTION;
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE;
HEALTH CARE FACILITY;
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION;
HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL;
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION;
HEART ASSIST DEVICE;
INFECTION CONTROL;
INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION;
LETTER;
MICROBIAL GROWTH;
PATIENT CARE;
RISK ASSESSMENT;
RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;
VALVE;
ADVISORY COMMITTEES;
BACTEREMIA;
CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS;
CROSS INFECTION;
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;
EQUIPMENT DESIGN;
HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES;
HOSPITALS;
HUMANS;
SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;
SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;
EID: 63449100930PISSN: 0899823XEISSN: NoneSource Type: Journal DOI: 10.1086/596729Document Type: Letter
Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals
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Increased catheter-related blood-stream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valves intravenous access port
Maragakis LL, Bradley KL, Song X, et al. Increased catheter-related blood-stream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valves intravenous access port. Infect Control Hasp Epidemiol 2006; 27:67-70.
Incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection among patients with a needleless, mechanical valve-based intravenous connector in an Australian hematology-oncology unit
Field K, McFarlane C, Cheng AC, et al. Incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection among patients with a needleless, mechanical valve-based intravenous connector in an Australian hematology-oncology unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:610-613.
Increased rate of catheter-related bloodstream infection associated with the use of a needleless mechanical valve device at a long-term acute care hospital
Salgado CD, Chinnes L, Paczesny TH, Cantey JR. Increased rate of catheter-related bloodstream infection associated with the use of a needleless mechanical valve device at a long-term acute care hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:684-688.
Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valve
Rupp ME, Sholtz LA, Jourdan DR, et al. Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valve. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44:1408-1414.
A study of the effects on bacteremia and sharps injury rates after introduction of an advanced luer activated device (LAD) for intravascular access in a large hospital setting
Garcia R, Jenderesky L. A study of the effects on bacteremia and sharps injury rates after introduction of an advanced luer activated device (LAD) for intravascular access in a large hospital setting. Am J Infect Control 2007; 35:E75.
Systematic intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit
Costello JM, Morrow DF, Graham DA, Potter-Bynoe G, Sandora TJ, Laussen PC. Systematic intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Pediatrics 2008; 121:915-923.
