Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

Naomi P. O’Grady(National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Mary Alexander(International Transplant Nurses Society), Lillian A. Burns(Staten Island University Hospital), E. Patchen Dellinger(University of Washington), Jeffrey Garland(Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare), Stephen O. Heard(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School), Pamela A. Lipsett(Johns Hopkins University), Henry Masur(National Institutes of Health Clinical Center), Leonard A. Mermel(Brown University), Michele L. Pearson(Office of Infectious Diseases), Issam Raad(The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), Adrienne G. Randolph(Boston Children's Hospital), Mark E. Rupp(University of Nebraska Medical Center), Sanjay Saint(University of Michigan)
Clinical Infectious Diseases
April 2, 2011
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Abstract

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


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