Two-Year Hospital-Wide Surveillance of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Korean Hospital.

Conclusion: CLABSIs are less common in general wards than in ICUs, but they are more often associated with long-term indwelling catheters. Therefore, interventions to prevent CLABSIs should be tailored according to the type of ward and type of catheter. PMID: 30402047 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402047?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Korean Med Sci - November 5, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Seo HK, Hwang JH, Shin MJ, Kim SY, Song KH, Kim ES, Kim HB Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research