Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2002
These guidelines have been developed for practitioners who insert catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home health-care settings. This report was prepared by a working group comprising members from professional organizations representing the disciplines of critical care medicine, infectious diseases, health-care infection control, surgery, anesthesiology, interventional radiology, pulmonary medicine, pediatric medicine, and nursing.
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2002
Name | Date | Type | Size |
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MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 51, Number RR-10 | |||
Erratum to pg. 29, Appendix B | 8/16/02 | ||
Main Document (HTML) | HTML | ||
Appendix A Examples of Clinical Definitions for Catheter-Related Infections |
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Appendix B (Erratum) Summary of Recommended Frequency of Replacements for Catheters, Dressings, Administration Sets, and Fluids |
8/16/02 | HTML |
Date last modified: September 12,,
2005
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National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases