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Beyond the bundle - journey of a tertiary care medical intensive care unit to zero central line-associated bloodstream infections

INTRODUCTION: We set a goal to reduce the incidence rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections to rate of <1 per 1,000 central line days in a two-year period. METHODS: This is an observational cohort study with historical controls in a 25-bed intensive care unit at a tertiary academic hospit...

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Autores principales: Exline, Matthew C, Ali, Naeem A, Zikri, Nancy, Mangino, Julie E, Torrence, Kelly, Vermillion, Brenda, St Clair, Jamie, Lustberg, Mark E, Pancholi, Preeti, Sopirala, Madhuri M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12551