Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

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Authors

Naomi P. O’Grady · National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Mary Alexander · International Transplant Nurses Society

Lillian A. Burns · Staten Island University Hospital

E. Patchen Dellinger · University of Washington

Jeffrey Garland · Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

Stephen O. Heard · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Pamela A. Lipsett

Abstract

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

Topics & Keywords

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Antibiotic Use and Resistance

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 52, Issue 9, pp. e162-e193

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir257

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