Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of split-septum and single-use prefilled flushing device vs 3-way stopcock on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in India: A randomized clinical trial conducted by the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1040-1045

  Rosenthal, Victor Daniel ^a   Udwadia, Farokh Earch ^b   Kumar, Siva ^c   Poojary, Aruna ^b   Sankar, Rathi ^c   Orellano, Pablo Wenceslao ^a,d   Durgad, Shilpa ^b   Thulasiraman, Mahendran ^c   Bahirune, Shweta ^b   Kumbhar, Shubhangi ^b   Patil, Priyanka ^b  

^a International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium   (Argentina)

^b BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Catheter related infection; Developing countries; Health care acquired infection; Hospital infection; Intensive care unit; Randomized clinical trial; Single use prefilled flushing device; Split septum; Three way stopcock

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE USE PREFILLED FLUSHING DEVICE; SPLIT SEPTUM DEVICE; STANDARD; THREE WAY STOPCOCK DEVICE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84942986153     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.042     Document Type: Article

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