Impact of an Education Program on the Incidence of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in 2 Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units in Brazil

Date
2008-12-01
Author
Santana, Solange L. [UNIFESP]
Furtado, Guilherme H. C. [UNIFESP]
Wey, Sergio Barsanti [UNIFESP]
Medeiros, Eduardo A. S. [UNIFESP]
Type
Artigo
ISSN
0899-823X
Is part of
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
DOI
10.1086/591862
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Abstract
An intervention study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of an education program on the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in 2 intensive care units. There was a nonsignificant reduction in the incidence of CLABSI (odds ratio, 0.46 [95% confidence interval, 0.21-1.02]; P = .04) despite a significant increase in knowledge of CLABSI prevention by the staff of both intensive care units after the education program.
Citation
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Chicago: Univ Chicago Press, v. 29, n. 12, p. 1171-1173, 2008.
URI
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/31086
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