The Risk of Bloodstream Infection Associated with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Compared with Central Venous Catheters in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bloodstream Infection, Venous Thrombosis, and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Reappraising the Evidence

(2012) Vineet Chopra et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

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

(2012) Jill A. Marsteller et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Hospitals Slash Central Line Infections With Program That Empowers Nurses

(2012) Bridget M. Kuehn   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Characterization of post-hospital infections in adults requiring home parenteral nutrition

(2012) Vivian M. Zhao et al.   NUTRITION

Eradicating Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Statewide

(2011) Della M. Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Hospitalized Children with Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters: Extending Risk Analyses Outside the Intensive Care Unit

(2011) S. Advani et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

(2011) Naomi P. O'Grady et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Iatrogenic skin injury in hospitalized patients

(2011) Carol E. Cheng et al.   CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY

Temporary Central Venous Catheter Utilization Patterns in a Large Tertiary Care Center Tracking the “Idle Central Venous Catheter”

(2011) Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Risk factors associated with peripherally inserted central venous catheter-related large vein thrombosis in neurological intensive care patients

(2011) Thomas J. Wilson et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Hospital-wide survey of the use of central venous catheters

(2011) W. Zingg et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Catheter-associated bloodstream infection incidence and risk factors in adults with cancer: a prospective cohort study

(2011) P. Mollee et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Vascular access devices in leukemia: a retrospective review amongst patients treated at The Ottawa Hospital with induction chemotherapy for acute leukemia

(2011) Elie R. Skaff et al.   LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA

Statewide NICU Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates Decline After Bundles and Checklists

(2011) J. Schulman et al.   PEDIATRICS

Exchange of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters is Associated with an Increased Risk for Bloodstream Infection

(2010) Michael McCoy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

What Is The Predominant Source of Intravascular Catheter Infections?

(2010) L. A. Mermel   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters and Central Venous Catheters in Burn Patients: A Comparative Review

(2010) Griffin Fearonce et al.   Journal of Burn Care & Research

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters May Lower the Incidence of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in Patients in Surgical Intensive Care Units

(2010) Mark Gunst et al.   Surgical Infections

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

(2010) David Moher et al.   International Journal of Surgery

Peripherally inserted central venous catheters in the acute care setting: A safe alternative to high-risk short-term central venous catheters

(2009) Basel Al Raiy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

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

Infective and thrombotic complications of central venous catheters in patients with hematological malignancy: prospective evaluation of nontunneled devices

(2008) Leon J. Worth et al.   SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER