Diagnosing and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 875-882

  Beekmann, Susan E ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^a   Charles Huskins, W ^b   Herwaldt, Loreen ^a   Boyce, John M ^c   Sherertz, Robert J ^d   Polgreen, Philip M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864933653     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667379     Document Type: Article

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