Peripherally inserted central catheter bloodstream infection surveillance rates in an acute care setting in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-173

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Abed, Mahmoud S ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^b  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHEMOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84865498830     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.169     Document Type: Article

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