title: Guidelines for preventing catheter infection: assessment of knowledge and practice among paediatric and neonatal intensive care healthcare workers.
abstract: We analysed knowledge of and adherence to guidelines for the prevention of catheter-related infection (CRI) among Spanish healthcare workers (HCWs) from paediatric and neonatal intensive care units by distributing 357 questionnaires to 31 Spanish hospitals. The overall mean scores for individual knowledge and daily practice were 5.61 and 5.78, respectively. Our results reveal room for improvement in Spanish HCWs' knowledge of prevention of CRI. Continuing education programmes and implementation of care bundles must be introduced to improve prevention and management of CRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. mariaguembe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guembe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bustinza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez Luna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Álvarez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pérez Sheriff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires