Assessment of a Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention Program in a Burn-Trauma Intensive Care Unit

JAMA Surg. 2016 May 1;151(5):485-6. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4445.

Authors

Lois Remington¹, Iris Faraklas¹, Kristy Gauthier¹, Colby Carper¹, J Bradley Wiggins¹, Giavonni M Lewis¹, Amalia Cochran²

Affiliations

¹ Burn-Trauma ICU, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
² Burn-Trauma ICU, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City2Web and Social Media Editor, JAMA Surgery.

PMID: 26720148
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4445

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / prevention & control*
Burns*
Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Central Venous / statistics & numerical data
Critical Care / methods*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Humans
Infection Control / standards
Intensive Care Units