Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections

Clin Infect Dis. 2011 May;52(9):e162-93. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir257. Epub 2011 Apr 1.

Authors

Naomi P O'Grady¹, Mary Alexander, Lillian A Burns, E Patchen Dellinger, Jeffrey Garland, Stephen O Heard, Pamela A Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A Mermel, Michele L Pearson, Issam I Raad, Adrienne G Randolph, Mark E Rupp, Sanjay Saint; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

Collaborators

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC):
Patrick J Brennan, Dale Bratzler, Lillian A Burns, Alexis Elward, Susan Huang, Tammy Lundstrom, Yvette S Mccarter, Denise M Murphy, Michael R Bell, Stephen Ostroff, Russell N Olmsted, David Alexander Pegues, Peter J Pronovost, Barbara M Soule, William P Schecter, William B Baine, Jeannie Miller, Sheila A Murphey, Rachel L Stricof, Mark Russi, Sandra L Fitzler, Roslyne Schulman, Barbara DeBaun, Joan C Blanchard, Marion Kainer, David Henderson, Gary A Roselle, Lisa Mcgiffert, W Charles Huskins, Shirley Paton, Lisa Maragakis, Sanjay Saint, Robert A Wise

Affiliation

¹ Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Alcohols / administration & dosage
Antisepsis / methods
Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
Catheterization, Central Venous / methods
Catheterization, Central Venous / standards*
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects
Catheterization, Peripheral / methods
Catheterization, Peripheral / standards*
Child
Child, Preschool
Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Guideline Adherence
Hand Disinfection / standards
Health Personnel / standards
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Infection Control / standards
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data
Skin

Substances

Alcohols
Chlorhexidine