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STUDY

An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.

STUDY

Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates.

Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, et al; CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. JAMA. 2010;304:2035-2041.

STUDY

Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists.

Schulman J, Stricof R, Stevens TP, et al; New York State Regional Perinatal Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2011;127:436-444.

STUDY

Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.

Sawyer M, Weeks K, Goeschel CA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(suppl 8):S292-S298.

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Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

Fuchs MA, Sexton DJ, Thornlow DK, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:101-109.

STUDY

Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical intensive care unit.

Ong A, Dysert K, Herbert C, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:302-307.

STUDY

Toward learning from patient safety reporting systems.

Pronovost PJ, Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, et al. J Crit Care. 2006;21:305-315.

STUDY

Maintaining and sustaining the On the CUSP: Stop BSI model in Hawaii.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Pham JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:51-60.

STUDY

A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units.

Marsteller JA, Sexton JB, Hsu YJ, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2933-2939.

COMMENTARY

Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist.

Perencevich EN, Pittet D. JAMA. 2009;301:1285-1287.

STUDY

The ability of intensive care units to maintain zero central line–associated bloodstream infections.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:856-858.

COMMENTARY classic

Reality check for checklists.

Bosk CL, Dixon-Woods M, Goeschel CA, Pronovost PJ. Lancet. 2009;374:444-445.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT classic

AHRQ Patient Safety Project Reduces Bloodstream Infections by 40 Percent.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 10, 2012.

STUDY

Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement.

Nowak JE, Brilli RJ, Lake MR, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11:579-587.

STUDY

Intensive care units, communication between nurses and physicians, and patients' outcomes.

Manojlovich M, Antonakos CL, Ronis DL. Am J Crit Care. 2009;18:21-30.

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Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the Prevention Epicenter Program.

Warren DK, Yokoe DS, Climo MW, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27:8-13.

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Reduction of central line infections in Veterans Administration intensive care units: an observational cohort using a central infrastructure to support learning and improvement.

Render ML, Hasselbeck R, Freyberg RW, Hofer TP, Sales AE, Almenoff PL; VA ICU Clinical Advisory Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:725-732.

STUDY

Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: the Hawaii experience.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Bauer L, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:124-129.

STUDY

A system factors analysis of "line, tube, and drain" incidents in the intensive care unit.

Needham DM, Sinopoli DJ, Thompson DA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2005;33:1701-1707.

STUDY

Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study.

Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Colantuoni E, et al. BMJ. 2010;340:c309.

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