Scientific article
Sustained reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections with enhancement of catheter bundle by chlorhexidine dressings over 11 years
Published inIntensive Care Medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, p. 823-833
Publication date2019
Abstract
Keywords
- Aged
- Anti-Infective Agents, Local/pharmacology/therapeutic use
- Bandages/standards
- Catheter-Related Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control
- Central Venous Catheters/adverse effects/microbiology/statistics & numerical data
- Chlorhexidine/pharmacology/therapeutic use
- Female
- Humans
- Intensive Care Units/organization & administration/statistics & numerical data
- Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Patient Care Bundles/methods/standards
- Prospective Studies
- Sepsis/drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control
- Simplified Acute Physiology Score
- Switzerland/epidemiology
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Research groups
Citation (ISO format)
EGGIMANN, Philippe et al. Sustained reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections with enhancement of catheter bundle by chlorhexidine dressings over 11 years. In: Intensive Care Medicine, 2019, vol. 45, n° 6, p. 823–833. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05617-x
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Identifiers
- PID : unige:145113
- DOI : 10.1007/s00134-019-05617-x
- PMID : 30997542
Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6534662/pdf/134_2019_Article_5617.pdf
Journal ISSN0342-4642
