Effect of Nurse Staffing and Antimicrobial-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters on the Risk for Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units - Concepedia

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Effect of Nurse Staffing and Antimicrobial-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters on the Risk for Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units

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2003

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Juan Alonso‐Echanove, Jonathan R. Edwards, Michael J. Richards, Patrick J. Brennan, Richard A. Venezia, Janet Hicks Keen, Vivian Ashline, Kathy Kirkland, Ellen Chou, Mark Hupert,

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Abstract

Antimicrobial-impregnated CVCs reduced the risk of CVC-associated BSI by 66% in patients receiving TPN. Limiting the use of float nurses for ICU patients with CVCs and the use of PICCs may also reduce the risk of CVC-associated BSI.

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