Sustained low incidence of central venous catheter-related infections over six years in a Swedish hospital with an active central venous catheter team

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-128

  Hammarskjöld, Fredrik ^a,b   Berg, Sören ^b   Hanberger, Håkan ^b   Taxbro, Knut ^a   Malmvall, Bo Eric ^b,c  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Jonkoping County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter related bloodstream infection; Intravascular catheter; Nosocomial infection; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893167039     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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