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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 31(9): 964-7, 2010 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20658936
RESUMO
After an educational intervention in 3 intensive care units, 34 central line-associated bloodstream infections occurred in 11,582 central venous catheter [CVC]-days, compared with 45 episodes in 10,661 CVC-days before intervention (4.22 vs 2.94 episodes per 1,000 CVC-days [30.9% reduction]; P = .03, Wilcoxon rank sum test; P = .11, Poisson regression analysis).