%0 Journal Article
%T Reducci¨®n postintervenci¨®n de las bacteriemias relacionadas a l¨ªneas vasculares en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Pedi¨¢trica y Neonatal
%A Hern¨¢ndez-Delgado
%A Lorena
%A Lavalle-Villalobos
%A Antonio
%A Garc¨ªa-Torres
%A Diana
%A Torres-Narv¨¢ez
%A Patricia
%A V¨¢zquez-Zavala
%A Genoveva
%A Flores-Nava
%A Gerardo
%J Bolet¨ªn m¨¦dico del Hospital Infantil de M¨¦xico
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X introduction. intravascular catheter-related infection is the major complication in patients with intravascular catheter. intravascular catheter-related infection rate is derived by dividing the number of these infections between day-line vascular catheters and multiplied x 1 000. the rates have been reported to be as high as 11.3 x 1 000 catheter-days, increasing hospitalization days, morbidity and mortality. educational initiatives decrease the rate of intravascular catheter-related infections according to different studies. we undertook this study to determine the rate of intravascular catheter-related infections in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in a general hospital, as well as to establish preventive educational actions and quantify their impact. methods. we compared the rate of intravascular catheter-related infections before and after an educational intervention. results. during the first period, we found 25 intravascular catheter-related infections in 2 280 catheter-days with a rate of 10.9 x 1 000 catheter-days. following the educational initiatives, we found 16 intravascular catheter-related infections in 2 850 catheter-days and the rate decreased to 5.6, which was statistically significant. conclusions. educational initiatives aimed at decreasing the rate of intravascular catheter-related infections were shown to be effective.
%K bacteremia
%K catheterization
%K intra-arterial lines
%K infection
%K intravascular catheter-related
%K intensive care units
%K neonatal
%K intensive care units
%K pediatric
%K program
%K intervention.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1665-11462009000500004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en