Reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections through procedures in newborn babies admitted in a university hospital intensive care unit in Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CA-BSI) is the most common nosocomial infection in neonatal intensive care units. There is evidence that care bundles to reduce CA-BSI are effective in the adult literature. The aim of this study was to reduce CA-BSI in a Brazilian neonatal in...

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Main Author: Resende,Daiane Silva (author)
Other Authors: Ó,Jacqueline Moreira do (author), Brito,Denise von Dolinger de (author), Abdallah,Vânia Olivetti Steffen (author), Gontijo Filho,Paulo Pinto (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Neonates
Bloodstream infection
Reduction
Central venous catheter
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000600015
Country:Brazil
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