An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

By Peter J. Pronovost, D. Needham, S. Berenholtz, David J Sinopoli, Haitao Chu, S. Cosgrove, Bryan J Sexton, R. Hyzy, Robert Welsh, Gary Roth and 3 more. New England Journal of Medicine, 2006

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Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, Epidemiology

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In Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

1. Emily R. M. Sydnor
2. S. Cosgrove
3. Trish Perl
4. Mitchell M. Levy
5. C. MacDougall
6. T. Dellit

In Emergency Medical Services

1. Peter J. Pronovost
2. M. Chassin
3. Jerod M. Loeb
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1. Emily R. M. Sydnor
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4. Margaret M. Parker
5. R. Moreno
6. M. Chassin
7. Jerod M. Loeb
8. T. Dellit

Citations in the corpus

• Biofilm-Related Infections: Bridging the Gap between Clinical Management and Fundamental Aspects of Recalcitrance toward Antibiotics (2014, background): “For instance, the insertion of any central venous catheter (CVC) must be performed by trained personnel with maximum sterile barrier precautions, defined by the use of sterile gloves, cap, mask, sterile gown, and a sterile full-body drape (192, 193).”
• Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. (2011, neutral): “Use hospital-specific or collaborative-based performance improvement initiatives in which multifaceted strategies are ‘‘bundled’’ together to improve compliance with evidence-based recommended practices.(15,69,70,201-205) Category IB”
• Chronic critical illness. (2010, background): “Systematic approaches to prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line–associated bloodstream infections are supported by existing evidence (71).”
• Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America (2013, positive): “For example, there are proven methods for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections, especially in intensive care unit (ICU) settings (Pronovost et al., 2006).”
• Promoting a Culture of Safety as a Patient Safety Strategy (2013, background): “For example, the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) is a multifaceted strategy for culture change that pairs adaptive interventions (such as continuous learning strategies or team training) with technical interventions (such as translation and use of best available evidence-based clinica”
• Evolution of mortality over time in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. (2013, background): “Neurologic disease 864 (17) 938 (19) 1,574 (19) ,0.”
• Organizational Culture and Performance (2015, background): “6 See Berenholtz et al. (2004), Pronovost et al. (2006), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2013).”
• Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. (2002, neutral): “collaborative cohort study [69] of 108 ICUs in Michigan tar-”