Effect of Nurse Staffing and Antimicrobial-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters on the Risk for Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 916-925

  Alonso Echanove, Juan ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Richards, Michael J ^a   Brennan, Patrick ^b   Venezia, Richard A ^c   Keen, Janet ^e   Ashline, Vivian ^e   Kirkland, Kathy ^f   Chou, Ellen ^g   Hupert, Mark ^b   Veeder, Abigail V ^c   Speas, Janice ^d   Kaye, Judy ^d   Sharma, Kailash ^e   Martin, Aliki ^f   Moroz, V Dianne ^g   Gaynes, Robert P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

^e University Hospital Augusta   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Gennessee Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG COATING; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 9144249805     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502160     Document Type: Article

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