"Scrub the hub": Cleaning duration and reduction in bacterial load on central venous catheters

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-35

  Simmons, Sarah ^a   Bryson, Celestina ^b   Porter, Susan ^c  

^a Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

^b St Luke's Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^c Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol disinfection; bacterial loads; central lines; duration; hubs

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM COLONY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78650790081     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e3182048073     Document Type: Article

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