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774. Outbreak of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Changes in Central Line Dressing Care Accompanying Changes in Nursing Education, Nursing Documentation, and Dressing Supply Kits

BACKGROUND: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data have revealed an increase in CLABSI associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, but data on factors mediating the increase are limited. Our hospital had been free of CLABSI for 18 months, but we encountered an outbreak of 7 CLABSI over a 5-month...

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Autores principales: Azeem, Ahad, Newquist, Irene L, Royal, Lesley L, Hemrick, Kimberly S, Creech, Zachary A, Patel, Shiv A, Rajan, Ajay K, Truong, Gia Thinh D, Ahmad, Faran, Bittner, Marvin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644818/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.971