title: Attempts to change culture in a line-obsessed pediatric world: the Riley Heart Center line initiative.
abstract: Interventions to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric patients have not yet been validated. Unique approaches to reducing infection rates may be warranted in this population.
authors.affiliation: Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Electronic address: elmcox@iupui.edu.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flaspohler
authors.affiliation: Riley Cardiovascular Surgery Nurse Practitioner Group, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: Infection Control, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bringman
authors.affiliation: Infection Control, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crumpacker
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cordes
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Turrentine
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics