Effectiveness of a catheter-associated bloodstream infection bundle in a Thai tertiary care center: A 3-year study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Thongphubeth, Kanokporn ^a   Yuekyen, Chananart ^a   Warren, David K ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; INDWELLING CATHETER; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954698770     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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