Impact of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Strategy on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in the Intensive Care Units of 15 Developing Countries
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2010Vol. 31(12), pp. 1264–1272
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Víctor Rosenthal, Dennis G. Maki, Camila Eleutério Rodrigues, Carlos Álvarez, Hakan Leblebicioğlu, Martha Sobreyra-Oropeza, Regina Berba, Naoufel Madani, Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros, Luis E. Cuéllar, Zan Mitrev, Lourdes Dueñas, Humberto Guanche Garcell, Trudell Mapp, Souha S. Kanj, Rosalía Fernández-Hidalgo
Abstract
Education, performance feedback, and outcome and process surveillance of CLABSI rates significantly improved infection control adherence, reducing the CLABSI incidence by 54% and the number of CLABSI-associated deaths by 58% in INICC hospitals during the first 2 years.
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