Paediatric ICU nurses: preventing central venous device infections

Paediatric ICU nurses: preventing central venous device infections.

Prevention of central venous catheter infections: a survey of paediatric ICU nurses' knowledge and practice.

BACKGROUND Central venous catheters are important in the management of paediatric intensive care unit patients, but can have serious complications which worsen the patients' health, prolong hospital stays and increase the cost of care. Evidence-based recommendations for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections are available, but it is unknown how widely these are known or practiced in...

Full title: PREVENTION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INFECTIONS: A SURVEY OF PAEDIATRIC ICU NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE Authors:

Amanda J Ullman (also corresponding author) Senior Research Assistant; NH&MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia Clinical Nurse Researcher; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia Contact details: Email: [email protected] Phone: ...

Preventing Infections Related to Central Venous and Arterial Catheters

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Competence in paediatric central venous lines placement.

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