Bloodstream infection in paediatric cancer centres—leukaemia and relapsed malignancies are independent risk factors

Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

(2013) Aditya H. Gaur et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Mucosal Barrier Injury Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection: Results from a Field Test of a New National Healthcare Safety Network Definition

(2013) Isaac See et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Evaluating Application of the National Healthcare Safety Network Central Line—Associated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance Definition: A Survey of Pediatric Intensive Care and Hematology/Oncology Units

(2013) Aditya H. Gaur et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Results of a Multicentre Survey Evaluating Clinical Practice of Port and Broviac Management in Paediatric Oncology

(2013) A. Simon et al.   KLINISCHE PADIATRIE

Central venous catheters and catheter locks in children with cancer: A prospective randomized trial of taurolidine versus heparin

(2013) Mette Møller Handrup et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Bacteria causing bacteremia in pediatric cancer patients presenting with febrile neutropenia—species distribution and susceptibility patterns

(2013) Karin G. E. Miedema et al.   SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER

Biofilm formation in long-term central venous catheters in children with cancer: a randomized controlled open-labelled trial of taurolidine versus heparin

(2012) Mette Møller Handrup et al.   APMIS

Rationalizing the approach to children with fever in neutropenia

(2012) Roland A. Ammann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Catheter-related infections in pediatric patients with cancer

(2012) V. Cecinati et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Randomized controlled trial of taurolidine citrate versus heparin as catheter lock solution in paediatric patients with haematological malignancies

(2012) M.J. Dümichen et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Effect of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals

(2012) Grace M. Lee et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rapid reduction of central line infections in hospitalized pediatric oncology patients through simple quality improvement methods

(2012) Sung W. Choi et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Implementation of a Central Line Maintenance Care Bundle in Hospitalized Pediatric Oncology Patients

(2012) M. L. Rinke et al.   PEDIATRICS

Preventive strategies for central line–associated bloodstream infections in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

(2011) Catherine Barrell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Moving CLABSI Prevention beyond the Intensive Care Unit: Risk Factors in Pediatric Oncology Patients

(2011) Matthew Kelly et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Efficacy of intravascular catheter lock solutions containing preservatives in the prevention of microbial colonization

(2011) L.E. Shenep et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Epidemiology of Febrile Neutropenia in Children With Central Nervous System Tumor

(2011) Elio Castagnola et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY

Frequent Accesses to Totally Implanted Vascular Ports in Pediatric Oncology Patients are Associated with Higher Infection Rates

(2011) Christophe Gapany et al.   Journal of Vascular Access

Bloodstream Infections in Paediatric Cancer Patients. Prospective Comparative Study in 2 University Hospitals

(2011) T. Krenn et al.   KLINISCHE PADIATRIE

Taurolidine lock is highly effective in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on home parenteral nutrition: A heparin-controlled prospective trial

(2010) Tanya M. Bisseling et al.   CLINICAL NUTRITION

Current Definitions of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Is the Emperor Wearing Clothes?

(2010) Daniel J. Sexton et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Catheter-Related Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infections among Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Outpatients—Atlanta, Georgia, 2007

(2010) Petra Wiersma et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Predicting Adverse Events in Children With Fever and Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia: The Prospective Multicenter SPOG 2003 FN Study

(2010) Roland A. Ammann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Antibiotic resistance is associated with longer bacteremic episodes and worse outcome in febrile neutropenic children with cancer

(2010) Hadir A. El-Mahallawy et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter‐Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Leonard A. Mermel et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Fever and Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients with Cancer

(2009) Garth Meckler et al.   EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Bloodstream infections in a German paediatric oncology unit: Prolongation of inpatient treatment and additional costs

(2009) Christoph Biwersi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

(2008) Teresa C. Horan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Taurolidine-citrate lock solution (TauroLock) significantly reduces CVAD-associated grampositive infections in pediatric cancer patients

(2008) Arne Simon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Healthcare-associated infections in pediatric cancer patients: results of a prospective surveillance study from university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland

(2008) Arne Simon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Bacteremias in children receiving hemopoietic SCT

(2008) E Castagnola et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Risk determinants for catheter-associated blood stream infections in children and young adults with cancer

(2008) Rebekah C. Allen et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER