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Infection control

a bloodstream infection arising from a central venous catheter, largely preventable through checklist-based insertion practices.

In infection control, central line-associated bloodstream infection refers to a bloodstream infection arising from a central venous catheter, largely preventable through checklist-based insertion practices. This meaning comes from Pronovost (2006) in New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

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Pronovost, P., Needham, D., Berenholtz, S., Sinopoli, D., Chu, H., Cosgrove, S., Sexton, B., Hyzy, R., Welsh, R., Roth, G., Bander, J., Kepros, J., & Goeschel, C. (2006). An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU. New England Journal of Medicine, 355(26), 2725-2732. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa061115

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