Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill
Published on 30. June 2014
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Digital media
978-1-4020-8010-4 (ISBN)
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Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill provides an overview from an international perspective on intravascular catheters and the risk of infection. This volume highlights: The purpose of this book is to provide the practitioner with the most interesting and useful data in the field of catheter-related infection. It is hoped that the strategies to prevent infection detailed by the authors will be implemented and have a measurable impact in decreasing rates of infection in the intensive care unit setting.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-4020-8010-4 (9781402080104)
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Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D., is Director of the Procedures, Vascular Access and Conscious Sedation Services, Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Didier Pittet, M.D., M.S., is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Director, Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, and Honorary Professor, Division of Investigative Sciences and School of Medicine, The Hammersmith Hospitals, Imperial College of Medicine, Sciences and Technology, London, UK.