June 2019
Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) : Funmilola Ogundipe, MD, Vijay Kodadhala, MD 6/18/19
Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14700410
Catheter-associated bloodstream infections in general medical patients outside the intensive care unit: a surveillance study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620235
Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients in intensive care units--Pennsylvania, April 2001-March 2005.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5440a2.htm
An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa061115?articleTools=true
Prospective cohort study of central venous catheters among internal medicine ward patients.
Unnecessary use of central venous catheters: the need to look outside the intensive care unit.
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