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.
Note: The surveillance definition for BSI in Appendix A has been superceded by that in the
Surveillance Definition of Healthcare-Associated Infection and Criteria for Specific Types of Infections in the Acute Care Setting PDF (1.13 MB / 28 pages) 2008 AJIC.
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2002
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| MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 51, Number RR-10 | 363 KB / 36 pages | ||
| Erratum to pg. 29, Appendix B | 8/16/02 | 363 KB / page 29 of 36 pages | |
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| Appendix A Examples of Clinical Definitions for Catheter-Related Infections Note: The surveillance definition for BSI in Appendix A has been superceded by that in the |
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| Appendix B (Erratum) Summary of Recommended Frequency of Replacements for Catheters, Dressings, Administration Sets, and Fluids |
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