Abstract
We conducted a prospective surveillance study to determine the incidence and epidemiology of CLABSI in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a tertiary teaching medical centre using CDC definition of a bloodstream infection that develops in a patient who had a central line at the time of, or within 48 hours before, the onset of the infection.
Highlights
at a tertiary teaching medical centre using CDC definition of a bloodstream infection that develops in a patient who had a central line at the time
A cross section observational study was conducted in a 24-bed GICU over 10-months period
A total of 20 CLABSI cases were identified among 155 CVCs in 100 patients
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