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References - Jeanne E. Zack Vignette

Abe, C.Zack. J., Lewis, S. Vanderveen, T. Zero Tolerance Curbing Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections, Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare, Nov, 2007, 15-18.

BJC Healthcare Infection Control Division and Healthcare Epidemiology Consortium Educational Modules- Prevention of Nosocomial Infections 2006, ISBN: 1-933013-20-6

CDC. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections,2002 MMWR, 51.

Coopersmith, C. Zack, J., Ward, M. The Impact of Bedside Behavior on Catheter- related Bacteremia in the Intensive Care Unit Arch Surg, 2004: 139: 131-136

Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goal .07.04.01 Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLAB).

NNIS: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/nnis.html

Office of Quality and Performance (10Q) FY2008 Q1 technical manual for the VHA performance management system. Washington (DC):2007 Oct 31.

Zack, J. Garrison, T. Trovollin,E. et al Effect of an Education Program aimed at reducing the occurrence of ventilator associated pneumonia, Crit Care Med, November 2002, 30 (11), 2407-2412.

References:
Pronovost, P, Needham, D, Berenholtz, S, et al. An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU. New England Journal of Medicine Dec 2006, No. 26, Vol. 355:2725-2732.