Improving central venous catheter insertion documentation to facilitate electronic surveillance of bundle compliance

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 779-781

  McNamara, Elizabeth ^a   Adams, Derk ^a   Dellit, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line bundle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS;

EID: 80055071856     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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