Knowledge and practices regarding prevention of infections associated with central venous catheters: A survey of intensive care unit medical and nursing staff

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 542-547

  Koutzavekiaris, Ilias ^a,b,c   Vouloumanou, Evridiki K ^a   Gourni, Margitsa ^b   Rafailidis, Petros I ^a,c   Michalopoulos, Argyris ^a,c   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c,d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; bacteremia; Guidelines; health care associated infection; infection control

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 80052034552     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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