Prevention of central venous catheter-related infection in the intensive care unit

Denis Frasca; Claire Dahyot-Fizelier; Olivier Mimoz

doi:10.1186/cc8853

Prevention of central venous catheter-related infection in the intensive care unit

Crit Care. 2010;14(2):212. doi: 10.1186/cc8853. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Authors

Denis Frasca¹, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, Olivier Mimoz

Affiliation

¹ Surgical Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 2 rue de la Mileterie, Poitiers, France.

PMID: 20236456
PMCID: PMC2887105
DOI: 10.1186/cc8853

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / economics
Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Central Venous / standards
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
United States