Journal article
Team-Based Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.355(26), pp.2781-2783
12/28/2006
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068230
PMID: 17192545
Abstract
Each year, 36 million patients are admitted to acute care hospitals in the United States, staying for 164 million days. 1 Eleven percent (18 million days) of these hospitalizations are spent in intensive care units (ICUs). For 54% of the days (9.7 million) that patients are in ICUs, central venous catheters remain in place for the infusion of medications and fluids. Regrettably, the use of these devices results in 48,600 associated bloodstream infections (5 per 1000 catheter-days). 2 The leading pathogens, in descending order, are coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus, enterococcus species, and candida species. Morbidity is significant with bloodstream infections. At least . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Team-Based Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections
- Creators
- Richard P WenzelMichael B Edmond
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.355(26), pp.2781-2783
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMe068230
- PMID
- 17192545
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/28/2006
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905526002771
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