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See Latest ArticlesImpact of a prevention strategy targeting hand hygiene and catheter care on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections
Critical Care Medicine, 06/30/09
Zingg W et al. - Evidence-based catheter-care procedures, guided by healthcare workers' perceptions and including bedside teaching, reduce significantly the CRBSI rate and demonstrate that improving catheter care has a major impact on its prevention.
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