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