International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 60-68, January 2009

The role of nurses working in emergency and critical care environments in the prevention of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections

  • Dominique M. Vandijck, (RN, CCRN, MSc, MA) (PhD Candidate)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Intensive Care Department of the Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 9 332 50 47; fax: +32 9 332 49 95.
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  • Sonia O. Labeau, (RN, MNSc) (PhD Student)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Healthcare, Ghent University College, Keramiekstraat 85, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 9 321 21 11; fax: +32 9 220 17 26.
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  • Mariona Secanell, (RN) (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Joan XXIII University Hospital, Pere Virgili Health Institute, University of Rovira and Virgili, CIBER, Enfermedades Respiratorias, Department of Intensive Care, Tarragona, Spain
    • Tel.: +34 977 29 58 18; fax: +34 977 29 58 78.
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  • Jordi Rello, (MD, PhD) (Research Assistant)

      Affiliations

    • Joan XXIII University Hospital, Pere Virgili Health Institute, University of Rovira and Virgili, CIBER, Enfermedades Respiratorias, Department of Intensive Care, Tarragona, Spain
    • Tel.: +34 977 29 58 18; fax: +34 977 29 58 78.
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  • Stijn I. Blot, (RN, CCRN, MNSc, PhD) (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Ghent University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Faculty of Healthcare, Ghent University College, Ghent, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 9 332 62 16; fax: +32 9 332 49 95.

Received 18 April 2008; received in revised form 16 July 2008; accepted 16 July 2008.

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PII: S1755-599X(08)00088-8

doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2008.07.005

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 60-68, January 2009