Patient safety and the science of prevention: the time for implementing the Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections is now.
O'Grady
Naomi P
NP
Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. nogrady@mail.cc.nih.gov
Gerberding
Julie L
JL
Weinstein
Robert A
RA
Masur
Henry
H
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