Hospital-wide multidisciplinary, multimodal intervention programme to reduce central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection.

Hospital-wide multidisciplinary, multimodal intervention programme to reduce central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection.

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is the major complication of central venous catheters (CVC). The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of a hospital-wide strategy on CLABSI reduction. Between 2008 and 2011, all CVCs were observed individually and hospital-wide at a la...

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Main Authors: Walter Zingg, Vanessa Cartier, Cigdem Inan, Sylvie Touveneau, Michel Theriault, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, François Clergue, Didier Pittet, Bernhard Walder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24714418/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24714418/pdf/?tool=EBI

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