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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a cancer unit of a general hospital: predisposing factors and evaluation of the impact of intervention measures	
Autores: 	Silva,Cristiane Pavanello Rodrigues; Amarante,Jorge Manoel Buchdid; Lacerda,Rúbia Aparecida; Biancalana,Maria Lúcia das Neves.	
Data: 	2005-06-01	
Ano: 	2005	
Palavras-chave: 	Nosocomial infection; Hospital-acquired infection.	
Resumo: 	We made a retrospective cohort study of a primary bloodstream infection outbreak in patients of a cancer unit in a general hospital, evaluated the impact of intervention measures and investigated the predisposing factors. The targeted predisposing factors were selected based on the medical literature. The data were treated with univariate analysis to calculate the relative risk, and statistical significance was set at p&lt;0.05. The presence of a long-term totally-implanted central venous catheter appears to be a predisposing factor, while a peripheral venous catheter appears to have offered protection from infection. This is reinforced by fact that intervention measures controlled the outbreak, suggesting cross-contamination from a common source. These findings corroborate the fundamental role of the hospital infection control service in early intervention and reinforce the need for continued training of health professionals that perform this type of care.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000300005	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702005000300005	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.9 n.3 2005	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess