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Medical Residents' Self-Reported Adherence to Guidelines During Placement of Central Venous Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Basel K. Al Aloul ,
A. Selcuk Adabag ,
Tareq Y. Goussous  and
Craig R. Weinert
Basel K. Al Aloul*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A. Selcuk Adabag
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tareq Y. Goussous
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan
Craig R. Weinert
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Medicine Office, 4-100 PWB, 516 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (alalo001@umn.edu)
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Abstract

In teaching hospitals, the majority of central venous catheters are placed by medical residents. No studies have examined residents' adherence to safe practices during these procedures. We conducted a survey to gather self-reported data on the techniques that internal medicine residents use when placing a central venous catheter to minimize their own risk of infection and their patients' risk of bleeding-related complications.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 86 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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