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Monitoring Quality of Care Through Linkage of Administrative Data: National Trends in Bloodstream Infection in U.K. PICUs 2003-2012. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES Interventions to reduce hospital-acquired bloodstream infection have succeeded in reducing rates in U.S. PICUs, but there is a lack of evidence for the impact of similar interventions in the United Kingdom.
Tibby, Shane M, Muller-Pebody, Berit, Wade, Angie, Parslow, Roger, Mok, Q, Gilbert, R, Muller-Pebody, B, Parslow, R, Harron, Katie, Harron, K, Wade, A, Tibby, SM, Mok, Quen, Gilbert, Ruth   +13 more
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Central Line–Associated Blood Stream Infections [PDF]

, 2022
Central line-associated bloodstream infections are a significant challenge in healthcare as they decrease positive patient outcomes and increase costs. Contamination of the central line is relevant in current practice because it can cause infection and ...
Haddadin Y, Annamaraju P, Regunath H.
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Evaluation of 3 year surveillance of device associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2020
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the rates of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and device associated healthcare associated infections (DA-HAIs) as well as the rates of invasive device utilization in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU);
Nuran Üstün, Sibel Özümüt, Özgül Bulut, Sertaç Arslanoğlu, Fahri Ovalı   +4 more
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Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections through Staff Education and Best Practice Guidelines

, 2020
Background: Healthcare associated infections result in patient mortality and increase healthcare costs worldwide. These infections often lead to blood stream infections secondary to site contamination and human errors.
Desyr, Iselande
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Surveillance of device associated infections in intensive care units at a Saudi Arabian Hospital, 2017–2020

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Background: Device-associated infections (DAIs) are important components of healthcare associated infection and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study describes DAIs across different intensive care units (ICUs) in a hospital in
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Rana Abdrabalnabi, Alla Taher, Shantymole Mathew, Sami Al-Hassan, Halima AlRashed, Saeed S. Al-Yami   +6 more
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Central and peripheral venous lines-associated blood stream infections in the critically ill surgical patients [PDF]

Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research, 2012
Abstract Critically ill surgical patients are always at increased risk of actual or potentially life-threatening health complications. Central/peripheral venous lines form a key part of their care. We review the current evidence on incidence of central and peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in critically ill surgical ...
Ugas, Mohamed, Cho, Hyongyu, Trilling, Gregory M, Tahir, Zainab, Raja, Humaera, Ramadan, Sami, Jerjes, Waseem, Giannoudis, Peter V   +7 more
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Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) Prevention through Designated-Nurse peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line Dressing Change [PDF]

, 2022
The goal of this review is to show ways in which a nurse can have influence in the patient’s life by caring for their PICC line. The rate of hospital-acquired infections is related to the care that patients get while admitted in the hospital.
Atabongafac, Belinder
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Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Blood Stream Infections and Urinary Tract Infections among Intensive Care Unit Patients

, 2020
Blood Stream Infection (BSI) and Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) being leading causes of morbidity and mortality represent a common complication among critically ill patients. During the last decade, clinicians have observed a rising occurrence of BSIs due
Mohammad Obada Sultan, Farzeen Fathima, Khulood AlKhateri, Sara Babiker Ali, Hanadi Elias Hassan, Mrinali Sanjay Bhatia, Essam El-Din Mahran Aly, Shriram Dorairaj Gunasekaran, Resshme Kannan Sudha, Godfred Antony Menezes, Harshita Janardhan, Tejaswini Archarya, Azan Saleh Al Saadi, Michael Magaogao, Rezmitha Zulfihar Nazeem, Shaista Khadim   +15 more
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Hospital acquired blood stream infection as an adverse outcome for patients admitted to hospital with other principle diagnosis

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2014
Background: Hospital acquired infections (HAI) have emerged as an important public health problem and are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Hamdan H Al-Hazmi, Tariq Al-Zahrani, Ahmed M Elmalky   +2 more
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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention in the Long-Term Acute Care Setting [PDF]

, 2012
Sustained reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections remains elusive in many institutions, including the long-term acute care hospital (LTACH), despite a focus on improving patient outcomes.
Dougherty, Mary Lisbeth, MSN RN AOCNA
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