Use of peripherally inserted central catheters to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infection in children

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):1024-6. doi: 10.1086/606040.

Authors

E Goes-Silva¹, T F Abreu, A C C Frota, C L Pessoa-Silva, A J L A Cunha, C B Hofer

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 19719412
DOI: 10.1086/606040

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bacteremia / epidemiology
Bacteremia / prevention & control*
Brazil / epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Peripheral / statistics & numerical data*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Multivariate Analysis