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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Solange L. Santana ,
Guilherme H. C. Furtado ,
Sérgio Barsanti Wey  and
Eduardo A. S. Medeiros
Solange L. Santana
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Guilherme H. C. Furtado*
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sérgio Barsanti Wey
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eduardo A. S. Medeiros
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of São Paulo, 690 Napoleao de Barros, 2nd Floor, Sao Paulo 04024-002, Brazil (ghfurtado@uol.com.br)
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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.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2008 , pp. 1171 - 1173
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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