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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2011 · Vol. 52(9) · pp. e162–e193
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(Rhode Island Hospital)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(Ann Arbor VA Medical Center)
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
Central Venous Catheters and HemodialysisAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusAntibiotic Use and ResistanceMedicineCatheterIntensive care medicineChlorhexidineAntisepticInfection controlCentral venous catheterGuidelinePsychological interventionMEDLINE
MeSH terms
AdolescentAdultAlcoholsAntisepsisCatheterization, Central VenousCatheterization, PeripheralChildChild, PreschoolChlorhexidineCross InfectionHand DisinfectionHealth PersonnelHumansIntensive Care UnitsSkin
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