Different compliance with central line insertion bundle between intensivist and nonintensivist staff in intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 601-603

  Leung, Pak On ^a   Lin, Hsin Lan ^a,b   Lin, Yu Hsiu ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Min Hwei College of Health Care Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; CARE BUNDLE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES;

EID: 84898752038     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675844     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vital signs: central line-associated bloodstream infection-United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011;60: 243-248.
2. Fagan RP, Edwards JR, Park BJ, Fridkin SK, Magill SS. Incidence trends in pathogen-specific central line-associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;36:893-899.