Central Venous Catheter-Associated Blood Stream Infections Occurring in Canadian Intensive Care Units: A Six-Month Cohort Study

Donna Holton; Shirley Paton; John Conly; Joanne Embree; Geoffrey Taylor; William Thompson; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

doi:10.1155/2006/781735

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2006)

Central Venous Catheter-Associated Blood Stream Infections Occurring in Canadian Intensive Care Units: A Six-Month Cohort Study

Donna Holton,
Shirley Paton,
John Conly,
Joanne Embree,
Geoffrey Taylor,
William Thompson,
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Affiliations

Donna Holton
Shirley Paton: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
John Conly: University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joanne Embree: Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Geoffrey Taylor: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
William Thompson: Moncton Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/781735
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 169 – 176

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate and risk factors associated with central venous catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) in Canadian intensive care units (ICUs).

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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