Multicenter study in Colombia: Impact of a multidimensional International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) approach on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5566637	American Journal of Infection Control	2016	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Implementing the INICC multidimensional infection control approach for CLABSI prevention was associated with a significant reduction in the CLABSI rate of ICUs of Colombia.

Keywords

Limited-resource countries bundle incidence density Hospital infection Device-associated infection Health care–acquired infection Critical care Surveillance Developing countries Low-income countries

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Life Sciences Immunology and Microbiology Microbiology

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Multicenter study in Colombia: Impact of a multidimensional International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) approach on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates

Authors

Carlos A. MD, Sandra L. MD, VÃctor D. MD, Beatriz E. MD, Ismael A. MD, Lorena Matta-Cortés, Sandra M. Gualtero-Trujillo, JazmÃn RodrÃguez-Peña, Claudia J. MD, Ángela P. MD, MarÃa C. MD, Iván MD, Beatriz E. MD, Germán MD, Otto MD, Oscar MD,