Summary of Recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Author(s) -
Naomi P. O’Grady,
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 Raad,
Adrienne G. Randolph,
Mark E. Rupp,
Sanjay Saint
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir138
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , catheter , surgery
These guidelines have been developed for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings. This report was prepared by a working group comprising members from professional organizations representing the disciplines of critical care medicine, infectious diseases, healthcare infection control, surgery, anesthesiology, interventional radiology, pulmonary medicine, pediatric medicine, and nursing. The working group was led by the Society of Critical Care Medicine
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