Innovative Central Line Bundle Achieves Zero Rate of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections for 24 Months
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 5, Page E38)
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A fall in bloodstream infections followed a change to 2% chlorhexidine in 70% isopropanol for catheter connection antisepsis: A pediatric single center before/after study on a hemopoietic stem cell transplant ward , 21 July 2009
James S. Soothill, Karen Bravery, Anne Ho, Susan Macqueen, Jane Collins, Paul Lock
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
October 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 8, Pages 626-630)
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Are antiseptic-coated central venous catheters effective in a real-world setting? , 05 December 2005
Debaroti M. Borschel, Carol E. Chenoweth, Samuel R. Kaufman, Kristi Vander Hyde, Kristen A. VanDerElzen, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Curtis D. Collins, Sanjay Saint
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
August 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 6, Pages 388-393)
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Increased incidence of central venous catheter–associated bloodstream infections: Possible link to transparent dressing configuration
A.M. Pettis, M. Shelly, S. Knapp, J. Henderson, S. Nersinger
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 5, Page e124)
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Reducing the Occurrence of Short Onset Central Line Related Bacteremia
C.A. Kohan, C. Ligi, D.G. Dumigan, T. Cooper, J.M. Boyce
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 5, Pages E45-E46)
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A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units
Prabha Ramritu, Kate Halton, Peter Collignon, David Cook, David Fraenkel, Diana Battistutta, Michael Whitby, Nicholas Graves
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
March 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 2, Pages 104-117)
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Implementing evidence-based practices to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit
D. Ellis, S. Brungs, P. Burns, M. Render, M. Nicholson
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 5, Pages e61-e62)
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Design Features of Needleless Vascular Access Devices May Contribute to an Increase in Microbial Contamination and Subsequent Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection's
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 5, Pages E41-E42)
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, E.Patchen Dellinger, Julie L. Gerberding, Stephen O. Heard, Dennis G. Maki, Henry Masur, Rita D. McCormick, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne Randolph, Robert A. Weinstein, The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee*
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
December 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 8, Pages 476-489)
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Safe passage campaign to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
M.L. Manning, P. Gordin
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
June 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 5, Pages e128-e129)
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