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An educational program for decreasing catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care units: a pre- and post-intervention observational study

BACKGROUND: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are commonly used in the management of critically ill patients. This study aimed to determine whether an educational program could reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in intensive care units (ICUs). FINDINGS: All patients ad...

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Autores principales: Shimoyama, Yuichiro, Umegaki, Osamu, Agui, Tomoyuki, Kadono, Noriko, Komasawa, Nobuyasu, Minami, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-017-0095-4