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Preventing central venous catheter-related infection in a surgical intensive-care unit
R Bijma1, A R Girbes, D J Kleijer
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|September 29, 1999
Abstract:
The cumulative effect of five measures (introduction of hand disinfection with alcohol, a new type of dressing, a one-bag system for parenteral nutrition, a new intravenous connection device, and surveillance by an infection control practitioner) on central venous catheter colonization and bacteremia was studied. Colonization was significantly reduced (P<.025); the decrease in bacteremia was not statistically significant.