Infection prevention in the intensive care unit: Review of the recent literature on the management of invasive devices

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Di Filippo, Alessandro ^a   Casini, Andrea ^a   De Gaudio, Angelo Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

bladder Catheter; blood stream infection; catheter; hospital; Infection prevention; pneumonia; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; MINOCYCLINE; NITROFURAL; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PLATINUM; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; RIFAMPICIN; SILICONE; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; TOOTHBRUSH; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 79952633373     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.552070     Document Type: Review

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