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Reduction of central venous catheter associated blood stream infections following implementation of a resident oversight and credentialing policy

BACKGROUND: This study assesses the impact that a resident oversight and credentialing policy for central venous catheter (CVC) placement had on institution-wide central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). We therefore investigated the rate of CLABSI per 1,000 line days during the 12 mo...

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Autores principales: Cherry, Robert A, West, Cheri E, Hamilton, Maria C, Rafferty, Colleen M, Hollenbeak, Christopher S, Caputo, Gregory M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21639916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-15