Central line-related bloodstream infection (CLABSI)
AGENCIES
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011
- Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections, 2011
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)/ Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)
- Executive Summary: APSIC guide for prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) (2016)
- Full guidance: APSIC guide for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) (2015)
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
The Joint Commission
EU/EEA COUNTRIES
Cyprus
- Prevention of bloodstream infections associated with intravascular catheters (Ministry of Health, 2013)
Πρόληψη λοιμώξεων αιματικής ροής που σχετίζονται με ενδοαγγειακούς καθετήρες (Υπουργείο Υγείας, Κεντρική Επιτροπή Λοιμώξεων)
France
- Recommendations: Prevention of infections associated with implantable venous access port (French society for hospital hygiene, 2012)
Recommandations:Prévention des infections associées aux chambres à cathéter implantables pour accès veineux (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H)) - Recommendations: Good practices and risk management associated with PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H)
Reccomandations:Bonnes pratiques et gestion des risques associés au PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H))
Germany
- Prevention of vascular catheter-associated infections (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
Prävention von Infektionen, die von Gefäßkathetern ausgehen (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut, 2017)
- Part 1- Non-tunneled central venous catheter (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
Teil 1 – Nichtgetunnelte zentralvenöse Katheter (Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut) - Advice for implementation in Annex 2 for the guidance (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
Hinweise zur Implementierung Informativer Anhang 2 zur Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut, 2017
Hungary
- Methodological letter of the national chief medical officer bloodstream infections associated with vascular catheters for prevention (National Public Health and Medical Officer Service, 2019)
Az országos tisztifőorvos módszertani levele az érkatéterrel összefüggő véráramfertőzések megelőzésére (Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ, 2019)
Italy
- Compendium of principal measures for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. Project INF-OSS-Prevention of infections associated with intravascular catheters, page 84 (Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, 2010).
Compendio delle principali misure per la prevenzione e il controllo delle infezioni correlate all'assistenza - Progetto INF-OSS-Prevenzione delle infezioni correlate a cateteterismo intravascolare (Agenzia sanitaria e sociale regionale, 2010)
Ireland
Lithuania
- Recommendations for prevention of vascular catheter-related infections (Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, 2013)
Infekcijų, susijusių su kraujagyslių kateterių naudojimu, profilaktikos metodinės rekomendacijos (Užkrečiamųjų Ligų ir Aids Centras, 2013)
Netherlands
- Phlebitis and bloodstream infections due to intravenous infusion catheters (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 2015)
Flebitis en bloedbaaninfecties door intraveneuze infuuskatheters (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, revised 2015)
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA
United Kingdom
- Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care. Section 1.4 Vascular - access devices (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2017)
- Winning Ways: Working together to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection in England - Action Area Two (UK Department of Health, 2003)
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14 Feb 2023