An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
Author(s) -
Peter J. Pronovost,
Dale M. Needham,
Sean M. Berenholtz,
David Sinopoli,
Haitao Chu,
Sara E. Cosgrove,
Bryan Sexton,
Robert C. Hyzy,
Robert Welsh,
Gary Roth,
Joseph J. Bander,
John P. Kepros,
Christine A. Goeschel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa061115
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , poisson regression , confidence interval , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , bloodstream infection , rate ratio , cohort , cohort study , intensive care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , population , physics , environmental health , optics
Catheter-related bloodstream infections occurring in the intensive care unit (ICU) are common, costly, and potentially lethal.
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