Individualized catheter surveillance among neonates: a prospective, 8-year, single-center experience

Zingg, Walter; Posfay Barbe, Klara; Pfister, Riccardo; Touveneau, Sylvie; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1086/657634

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English

Individualized catheter surveillance among neonates: a prospective, 8-year, single-center experience

ContributorsZingg, Walter; Posfay Barbe, Klara; Pfister, Riccardo; Touveneau, Sylvie; Pittet, Didier

Published inInfection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 42-49

Publication date2011

Abstract

To monitor trends in central line-associated bloodstream infections and clinical sepsis (CLABICS) among neonates and to determine risk factors for infection, especially dwell time.

Keywords

Catheter-Related Infections/epidemiology/etiology
Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Poisson Distribution
Population Surveillance
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sepsis/epidemiology/etiology
Switzerland/epidemiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Citation (ISO format)

ZINGG, Walter et al. Individualized catheter surveillance among neonates: a prospective, 8-year, single-center experience. In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2011, vol. 32, n° 1, p. 42–49. doi: 10.1086/657634

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:24889
DOI : 10.1086/657634
PMID : 21121817

Journal ISSN0899-823X

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Individualized catheter surveillance among neonates: a prospective, 8-year, single-center experience

To monitor trends in central line-associated bloodstream infections and clinical sepsis (CLABICS) among neonates and to determine risk factors for infection, especially dwell time.

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