Summary of recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Authors
O'Grady, Naomi P.Alexander, Mary
Burns, Lillian A.
Dellinger, E. Patchen
Garland, Jeffery S.
Heard, Stephen O.
Lipsett, Pamela A.
Masur, Henry
Mermel, Leonard A.
Pearson, Michele L.
Raad, Issam I.
Randolph, Adrienne G.
Rupp, Mark E.
Saint, Sanjay
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2011-05-01Keywords
AdolescentAdult
Catheter-Related Infections
Catheterization, Central Venous
Catheterization, Peripheral
Child, Preschool
Cross Infection
Female
Handwashing
Health Personnel
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection Control
Intensive Care Units
Male
Young Adult
Anesthesiology
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Equipment and Supplies
Health Services Administration
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These guidelines have been developed for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings. This report was prepared by a working group comprising members from professional organizations representing the disciplines of critical care medicine, infectious diseases, healthcare infection control, surgery, anesthesiology, interventional radiology, pulmonary medicine, pediatric medicine, and nursing. The working group was led by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), in collaboration with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Surgical Infection Society (SIS), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS), American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (ASCCA), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), Infusion Nurses Society (INS), Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is intended to replace the Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections published in 2002. These guidelines are intended to provide evidence-based recommendations for preventing intravascular catheter-related infections.Source
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 May;52(9):1087-99. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1093/cid/cir138Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/25781PubMed ID
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