Impact of two bundles on central catheter-related bloodstream infection in critically ill patients

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of the implementation of insertion and maintenance bundles on the rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection in an intensive care unit. Method: This is a quasi-experimental, before-and-after study with a non-equivalent control group. During a six-mon...

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Main Author: Cristobal Felipe Padilla Fortunatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692017000100394&lng=en&tlng=en