Guidelines for preventing catheter infection: Assessment of knowledge and practice among paediatric and neonatal intensive care healthcare workers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Guembe, M ^a   Bustinza, A ^a   Sanchez Luna M ^a   Carrillo alvarez A ^a   Perez Sheriff V ^a   Bouza, E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Red Espanola de Investigacion en Patologia Infecciosa REIPI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheter related infections; Healthcare workers; Intensive care unit; Knowledge; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 84861714743     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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