2011 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
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Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D.[1], Mary Alexander, R.N.[2], Lillian A. Burns, M.T., M.P.H., C.I.C.[3], E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D.[4], Jeffery Garland, M.D., S.M.[5], Stephen O. Heard, M.D.[6], Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D.[7], Henry Masur, M.D.[1], Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M.[8], Michele L. Pearson, M.D.[9], Issam I. Raad, M.D.[10], Adrienne Randolph, M.D., M.Sc.[11], Mark E. Rupp, M.D.[12], Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H.[13] and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)[14].
- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland;
- Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, Massachusetts;
- Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York;
- Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;
- Department of Pediatrics, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts;
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island;
- Office of Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia;
- Department of Infectious Diseases, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas;
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; and
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
14 Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Chairman
BRENNAN, Patrick J., MD
Chief Medical Officer
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Executive Secretary
BELL, Michael R., MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Membership
BRATZLER, Dale, DO, MPH President and CEO Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
BURNS, Lillian A., MT, MPH Infection Control Coordinator Greenwich Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department
ELWARD, Alexis, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Washington University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases
HUANG, Susan, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Medical Director, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Division of Infectious Diseases UC Irvine School of Medicine
LUNDSTROM, Tammy, MD, JD Chief Medical Officer Providence Hospital
MCCARTER, Yvette S., PhD Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Department of Pathology University of Florida Health Science Center
MURPHY, Denise M. RN, MPH, CIC Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety Main Line Health System
OSTROFF, Stephen, MD Director, Bureau of Epidemiology Pennsylvania Department of Health
OLMSTED, Russell N., MPH, CIC Epidemiologist Infection Control Services St. Joseph Mercy Health System
PEGUES, David Alexander, MD Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
PRONOVOST, Peter J., MD, PhD, FCCM Director, Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group
SOULE, Barbara M., RN, MPA, CIC Practice Leader Infection Prevention and Control Services Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International
SCHECTER, William, P., MD Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery San Francisco General Hospital
Ex-officio Members
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
BAINE, William B., MD
Senior Medical Advisor
Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
MILLER, Jeannie, RN, MPH
Deputy Director, Clinical Standards Group
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
MURPHEY, Sheila A., MD
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices
Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital Infection Control Dental Devices
Center for Devices and Radiology Health
National Institute of Health (NIH)
HENDERSON, David, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
NIH Clinical Center
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
ROSELLE, Gary A., MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Liaisons
Advisory Council for the Elimination of
Tuberculosis (ACET)
STRICOF, Rachel L., MPH
New York State Department of Health
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
RUSSI, Mark, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Occupational Health
Yale-New Haven Hospital
American Health Care Assn (AHCA)
FITZLER, Sandra L., RN
Senior Director of Clinical Services
American Hospital Association (AHA)
SCHULMAN, Roslyne, MHA, MBA
Director, Policy Development
Association of Professionals of Infection
Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)
DeBAUN, Barbara, MSN, RN, CIC
Association of periOperative Registered
Nursed (AORN)
BLANCHARD, Joan C., RN, BSN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
KAINER, Marion MD, MPH
Director, Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Consumers Union
MCGIFFERT, Lisa
Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues
Project Director Stop Hospital Infections Organization
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
HUSKINS, W. Charles MD, MSc
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Public Health Agency of Canada
PATON, Shirley, RN, MN
Senior Advisor Healthcare Acquired Infections
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
MARAGAKIS, Lisa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
John Hopkins Medical Institutions
Society of Hospital Medicine
SAINT, Sanjay, MD, MPH
Director, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program
The Joint Commission
WISE, Robert A., MD
Vice President
Division of Standards & Survey Methods
Acknowledgments
We wish to acknowledge Ingi Lee, MD, MSCE and Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE from Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA who performed a systematic review for issues raised the during the guideline process.
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interests. N.P.O.’G. served as a board member for the ABIM Subspecialty Board for Critical Care Medicine. M.A. is an employee of the Infusion Nurses Society, Honoraria from 3M, Becton Dickinson, Smiths Medical. L.A.B. is a consultant for Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Board membership for Theradoc, Medline. Honoraria from APIC, Clorox. E.P.D. consulting from Merck, Baxter, Ortho-McNeil, Targanta, Schering-Plough, Optimer, Cadence, Cardinal, BDGeneOhm, WebEx, Cerebrio, and Tyco. Grant support through the NIH. Payment for lecture from Merck. Payment for development of educational presentation from Medscape. Travel and meeting expenses paid for by ASHP, IDSA, ASM, American College of Surgeons, NQF, SHEA/CDC, HHS, Trauma Shock Inflammation and Sepsis Meeting (Munich), University of Minnesota. J.G. Honoria from Ethicon. S.O.H. provides research support from Angiotech; Honoraria from Angiotech, Merck. L.A.M provides research support from Astellas, Theravance, Pfizer; Consulting for Ash Access, Cadence, CorMedix, Catheter Connections, Carefusion, Sage, Bard, Teleflex; Payment for manuscript preparation from Catheter Connections. I.I.R. provides research support from Cubist, Enzon, and Basilea; Consulting for Clorox; Stock Equity or Options in Great Lakes Pharmaceuticalsand Inventive Protocol; Speakers Bureau for Cook, Inc.; Royalty income (patents owned by MD Anderson on which Dr. Raad in an inventor: American Medical Systems, Cook, Inc., Cook urological, Teleflex, TyRx, Medtronic, Biomet, Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals. A.R. consulting income from Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Laboratories. M.E.R. provides research support from Molnlycke, Cardinal Healthcare Foundation, Sanofi-Pasteur, 3M, and Cubist; Consulting from Semprus; Honorarium for lectures from 3M, Carefusion, Baxter and Becton Dickinson. Previously served on Board of Directors for Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All other authors: no conflicts.
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