Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, 2011. Last update: October 2017

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• Personal Author:
  O'Grady, Naomi P. ; Alexander, Mary ; Burns, Lillian A. ; Dellinger, E. Patchen ; Garland, Jeffery ; Heard, Stephen O. ; Lipsett, Pamela A. ; Masur, Henry ; Mermel, Leonard A. ; Pearson, Michele L. ; Raad, Issam I. ; Randolph, Adrienne ; Rupp, Mark E. ; Saint, Sanjay
• Corporate Authors:
  Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  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 radiology, pulmonary medicine, pediatric medicine, and nursing.
  
  bsi-guidelines-H.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse Effects Catheterization, Central Venous/methods Cross Infection/etiology Cross Infection/prevention & Control Equipment Contamination Hand Disinfection Hand Hygiene Infection Control
• Document Type:
  Book
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Pages in Document:
  80 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d1a86f01073539250f1b4183ec488a7d829a456e8d19a4d235fb7c7e3761348e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134991/cdc_134991_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 609.78 KB ]