Safety and utilization of peripherally inserted central catheters versus midline catheters at a large academic medical center

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1458-1461

  Xu, Tianyuan ^a   Kingsley, Lawrence ^a   DiNucci, Susan ^b   Messer, Gwen ^b   Jeong, Jong Hyeon ^a,c   Morgan, Brian ^b   Shutt, Kathleen ^c   Yassin, Mohamed H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI); Midline catheter (MC); Peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER LEAKAGE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; EDEMA; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS INFECTION; MIDLINE CATHETER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PHLEBITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998694300     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.09.010     Document Type: Article

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