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Preventing catheter-associated infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: impact of an educational program surveying policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters in a Brazilian teaching hospital
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2011-12-01)
Objectives: To determine the impact of an educational program on the prevention of central venous catheter-related infections in a Brazilian Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Patients and Methods: All patients admitted to the ...
Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections among patients from a hemodialysis unit in southeastern Brazil
(Contexto, 2014-05-01)
Patients submitted to hemodialysis are at a high risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Presently there are scarce data to allow benchmarking of HAI rates in developing countries. Also, most studies focus only ...
Difference in time to detection: A simple method to differentiate catheter-related from non-catheter-related bloodstream infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients. Gaur AH, Flynn PM, Giannini MA, Shenep JL, Haydn RT. Clin Infect Dis 2003 (15 August); 37: 469-75.
(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2003)
An unusual case of Candida parapsilosis endocarditis of the native tricuspid valve secondary to a tunneled dialysis catheter.
(Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular, 2023)
Candida endocarditis is a severe disease associated with high mortality rates. Candida parapsilosis is frequently identified as the causative pathogen in intravenous drug users and is commonly associated with nosocomial ...
Comparison between qualitative and semiquantitative catheter-tip cultures: laboratory diagnosis of catheter-related infection in newborns
(Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, 2014)
Central venous catheter-related complications in critically ill children
Objective Placing central venous catheters is essential when managing critically ill children. This paper was thus aimed at identifying the major complications involved in this and determining the incidence of mechanical ...
Educational initiatives aimed at medical and nursing staff to lower blood tract infections related to central venous cathetersAcciones educativas dirigidas al personal médico y de enfermería para disminuir las infecciones del tracto sanguíneo relacionadas a catéteres venosos centrales
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014)
Endophthalmitis: A Rare but Devastating Metastatic Bacterial Complication of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Sepsis
(INFORMA HEALTHCARELONDON, 2012)
There are many infectious complications related to vascular access in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. We report two cases of endophthalmitis as a metastatic infection associated with a tunneled catheter and ...
Cefazolin–gentamicin versus taurolidine–citrate for the prevention of infection in tunneled central catheters in hemodialysis patients: A quasi-experimental trial
(2019-08-01)
Background: Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) is one of various complications related to hemodialysis (HD). As a result of the high rate of infection, the use of lock solutions for the prevention of CR-BSI ...
The nurse in the prevention of peripherally inserted central catheter infection in neonates
(Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Inst Nacional Controle Qualidade & Saude, 2020-05-01)
Introduction: As the Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) is the first choice of prolonged vascular access in preterm infants, to recognize the risk factors for infection related to its use contributes to the ...