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| BOOKS |
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| | Critical care nursing: Science and practice.
Author(s): Adam SK, Osborne S (2006)
Reference: Oxford University Press, Oxford
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| CATHETER-RELATED INFECTION |
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| | Clinical and economic outcomes in critically ill patients with nosocomial catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Author(s): Blot SI, Depuydt P, Annemans L, Benoit D, Hoste E, de Waele JJ, Decruyenaere J, Vogelaers D, Colardyn F, & Vandewoude KH.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005; 41(11): 1591-1598.
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| | Invasive devices: no need? No use!
Author(s): Blot SI, Peleman R, & Vandewoude KH.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Intensive Care Medicine 2007; 33(2): 209-211.
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| | Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.
Author(s): Berenholtz SM, Pronovost PJ, Lipsett PA, Hobson D, Earsing K, Farley JE, Milanovich S, Garrett-Mayer E, Winters BD, Rubin HR, Dorman T, & Perl TM.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Critical Care Medicine 2004; 32(10): 2014-2020.
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| | Prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections: analysis of studies published between 2002 and 2005.
Author(s): Gastmeier P, Geffers C.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Journal of Hospital Infection 2006;64(4): 326-335.
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| | Prevention of intravascular catheter infection.
Author(s): Eggimann P.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2007;20(4):360-369.
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| | Are antiseptic-coated central venous catheters effective in a real-world setting?
Author(s): Borschel DM, Chenoweth CE, Kaufman SR, Vander Hyde K, VanDerElzen KA, Raghunathan TE, Collins CD, & Saint S.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: American Journal of Infection Control 2006; 34: 388-393.
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| | Central venous catheter-related infection in a prospective and observational study of 2,595 catheters.
Author(s): Lorente L, Henry C, Martin MM, Jimenez A, Mora ML.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Critical Care 2005;9:R631-R635.
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| | Team-based prevention of catheter-related infections.
Author(s): Wenzel RP, Edmond MB.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: New England Journal of Medicine 2006;355(26):2781-2783.
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| EVIDENCE |
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| | Critical care nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing infections associated with central venous catheters: an evaluation questionnaire.
Author(s): Labeau S, Vereecke A, Vandijck D, Claes B, & Blot SI; executive board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: American Journal of Critical Care 2008; 17(1): 65-71.
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| | Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Results of a knowledge test among intensive care nurses.
Author(s): Blot SI, Labeau S, Vandijck DM, Van Aken P, & Claes B; executive board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Intensive Care Medecine 2007; 33(8): 1463-1467
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| | Critical care nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: An evaluation questionnaire.
Author(s): Labeau S, Vandijck DM, Claes B, Van Aken P, & Blot SI; executive board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: American Journal of Critical Care 2007; 16(4): 371-377
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| EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES |
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| | Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Author(s): Dodek PM, Keenan S, Cook DJ, Heyland D, Jacka M, Hand L, Muscedere J, Foster D, Mehta N, Hall R, & Brun-Buisson C.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Annals of Internal Medicine 2004; 141: 305-313.
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| | Guidelines for preventing health-care–associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
Author(s): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: MMWR 2004; 53(RR-3).
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| | Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia.
Author(s): American Thoracic Society.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2005; 171: 388-416.
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| | Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999.
Author(s): Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, Silver LC, & Jarvis WR.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: American Journal of Infection Control 1999; 27(2): 97-132.
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| | Guideline for prevention of intravascular-device-related infections.
Author(s): Pearson ML.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 1996; 17(7): 438-473.
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| | Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter–related infections.
Author(s): Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O’Grady N, Harris JS, & Craven DE.
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Reference: Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 32: 1249-1272.
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| | Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Author(s): O’Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, & Weinstein RA.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: MMWR 2002; 51(RR-10).
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| SURGICAL SITE INFECTION |
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| | Surgical infections in the critically ill.
Author(s): Stafford RE, Weigelt JA.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Current Opinion in Critical Care 2002;8(5):449-452.
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| | Impact of a six-year control programme on surgical site infections in France: results of the INCISO surveillance.
Author(s): Rioux C, Grandbastien B, Astagneau P.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Journal of Hospital Infection 2007;66(3):217-223.
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| | Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection.
Author(s): Tanner J, Woodings D, Moncaster K.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006.
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| | Surgical site infection surveillance: analysis of adherence to recommendations for routine infection control practices.
Author(s): Castella A, Charrier L, Di Legami V, Pastorino F, Farina EC, Argentero PA, et al.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006; 27(8):835-40.
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| | Prevention of surgical site infections. What is evidence-based?
Author(s): Geffers C, Gastmeier P, Daschner F, Ruden H.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 2001;126(2):84-92.
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| VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA |
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| | Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review.
Author(s): Safdar N, Dezfulian C, Collard HR, Saint S.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Critical Care Medicine 2005;33(10):2184-2193.
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| | Why do physicians not follow evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia? A survey based on the opinions of an international panel of intensivists.
Author(s): Rello J, Lorente C, Bodì M, Diaz E, Ricart M, Kollef MH.
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Reference: Chest 2002;122:656-661.
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| | Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: analysis of studies published since 2004.
Author(s): Gastmeier P, Geffers C.
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Reference: Journal of Hospital Infection 2007;67(1):1-8.
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| | Effectiveness of an educational program to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary care center in Thailand: a 4-year study.
Author(s): Apisarnthanarak A, Pinitchai U, Thongphubeth K, Yuekyen C, Warren DK, Zack JE, Warachan B, & Fraser VJ.
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Reference: Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007; 45(6): 704-711..
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| | Nursing adherence with evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Author(s): Ricart M, Lorente C, Diaz E, Kollef MH, Rello J.
Read more on the Pubmed website.
Reference: Critical Care Medicine 2003;31(11):2693-2696.
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