Preventing Central Venous Catheter-Associated Primary Bloodstream Infections: Characteristics of Practices Among Hospitals Participating in the Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) Study

Autor: Mario Javier DeLuca, Mary J.K. Kim, Wesley Kozinn, Donna Winborne, Chatrchai Watanakunakorn, Barbara Bor, Steve Parenteau, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Christopher J. Sullivan, Barbara Russell, Kenji Kono, Jérôme Robert, Chik Hyun Pai, Didier Pittet, Marjeta Skerl, Pam Falk, Edward T. M. Smyth, Antoni Trilla, Edward S. Wong, Kelley Melton, Sue Barnett, Robert Grisnak, Jane Lane, Gwen Cunningham, Brian Koll, Jean Maurice, Peg Janasie, Stefan Weber, Joan Kies, Lynn Steele, Mary Dahlmann, Mary Kundus, Linda Matrician, Kathryn Zink, Paul M. Newell, Malkanthie I. McCormick, Christine Filippone, Janine Chapman, Bonnie Viergutz, Bonnie Greene, Jeffrey P. Engel, Terri Bethea, Debra Runyan, Jacqueline Berry, Ann Schlimm, Juan Menares, Diane Baranowsky, Clifford McDonald, Carol Jarvis, James W. Lederer, Prity L. Vaidya, Elizabeth DeHaan, Leonard A. Mermel, Michael F. Parry, Ziad A. Memish, Crésio R. Pereira, Richard J. Duma, Martin Topiel, Sharon F. Welbel, Diann Boyette, Alice Stankus, Mary F. Wisniewski, Steve L. Solomon, Jacqueline P. Butler, Gregory Bond, G. Merrill Shore, Catherine O'Neill, Joseph R. Thurn, Ruth Carrico, Sandi Baus, Barbara I. Braun, W. Lee Fanning, Brenda Grant, Jacquelyn Seibert, Carol Ward, Carlo Marena, Gerry McIlvenny, Cheryl L. Richards, Stuart Johnson, Robert L. Pinsky, Francis J. G. Liu, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, Bryan P. Simmons, Merceditas S. Villanueva, Le Ann Ellingson, Claudia Vallone Silva, Connie Steed

Publikováno v: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 24:926-935

Objectives:To describe the conceptual framework and methodology of the Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) study and present results of CVC insertion characteristics and organizational practices for preventing BSIs. The

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https://doi.org/10.1086/502161