Impact of a prevention strategy targeting hand hygiene and catheter care on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Zingg, Walter; Imhof, Alexander; Maggiorini, Marco; Stocker, Reto; Keller, Emanuela; Ruef, Christian

Zingg, Walter; Imhof, Alexander; Maggiorini, Marco; Stocker, Reto; Keller, Emanuela; Ruef, Christian.

Affiliation

Zingg W; Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. walter.zingg@hcuge.ch

Crit Care Med ; 37(7): 2167-73; quiz 2180, 2009 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19487942

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Catheter-Related Infections/epidemiology; Catheter-Related Infections/prevention & control; Curriculum; Hand Disinfection; Infection Control; Skin Care; Aged; Catheterization, Central Venous; Catheters, Indwelling; Cohort Studies; Critical Care; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Personnel, Hospital/education; Program Evaluation

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hand Disinfection / Infection Control / Skin Care / Curriculum / Catheter-Related Infections Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Guideline / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Crit Care Med Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland

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