Impact of a prevention strategy targeting hand hygiene and catheter care on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2167-2173

  Zingg, Walter ^a   Imhof, Alexander ^b   Maggiorini, Marco ^c   Stocker, Reto ^c   Keller, Emanuela ^c   Ruef, Christian ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b General Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catheter related bloodstream infection; Catheter related infection; Central venous; Education; Intensive care; Prevention; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER CARE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISINFECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN CARE;

AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SKIN CARE;

EID: 67649790842     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a02d8f     Document Type: Article

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