TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention and management of central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospital practice.
AU - Liang, Stephen Y.
AU - Khair, Hani
AU - Durkin, Michael J.
AU - Marschall, Jonas
N1 - Funding Information:
87. Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, et al; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines. Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): the Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) for Infection and Cancer. Eur Heart J. 2009;30(19):2369–2413.
Funding Information:
86. Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, et al; Committee on Rheumeatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, et al. Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Circulation. 2005;111(23):e394–e434.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - In this article aimed at hospitalists, we examine the literature on preventive measures for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and optimal management once a CLABSI has been established. We focus on a number of core preventive measures and the contemporary approach of bundling these measures for maximal impact in reducing infection rates. We then discuss empiric and pathogen-specific antibiotic therapy, including the role of newer antimicrobial agents, as well as the management of an infected central venous catheter.
AB - In this article aimed at hospitalists, we examine the literature on preventive measures for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and optimal management once a CLABSI has been established. We focus on a number of core preventive measures and the contemporary approach of bundling these measures for maximal impact in reducing infection rates. We then discuss empiric and pathogen-specific antibiotic therapy, including the role of newer antimicrobial agents, as well as the management of an infected central venous catheter.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84861134388
U2 - 10.3810/hp.2012.02.951
DO - 10.3810/hp.2012.02.951
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22406886
AN - SCOPUS:84861134388
SN - 2154-8331
VL - 40
SP - 106
EP - 118
JO - Hospital practice (1995)
JF - Hospital practice (1995)
IS - 1
ER -