title: Patient safety and the science of prevention: the time for implementing the Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections is now.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. nogrady@mail.cc.nih.gov
authors.forename: Naomi P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: Julie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gerberding
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masur
mesh_terms: D000985:Antisepsis / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States