Skin colonisation at the catheter exit site is strongly associated with catheter colonisation and catheter-related sepsis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1233-1238

  Ponnusamy, Vennila ^a   Perperoglou, Aris ^b   Venkatesh, Vidheya ^c   Curley, Anna ^c   Brown, Nicholas ^c   Tremlett, Catherine ^a   Clarke, Paul ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisepsis; Catheter care; Cutaneous antisepsis; Extraluminal; Percutaneous central venous catheter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER RELATED SEPSIS; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EXIT SITE SKIN SWAB; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SKIN; SKIN COLONIZATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SKIN;

EID: 84930738511     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12779     Document Type: Article

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