TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Infection Prevention and Surveillance in the Intensive Care Unit
A1  - Guillamet, M. Cristina Vazquez
A1  - Kollef, Marin H.
A2  - Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2  - Kress, John P.
A2  - Douglas, Ivor S.
PY  - 2023
T2  - Hall, Schmidt and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care, 5<sup>th</sup> Edition
AB  - Focused  surveillance  for  hospital-acquired  infections  is  the  cornerstone  of  infection  prevention  activities  in  the  ICU.Commonly  used  invasive  devices  in  the  ICU  such  as  endotracheal  tubes  and  central  venous  and  urinary  catheters  are  significant  risk  factors  for  health  care–associated  infection  (HAI).  Evidence-based  ICU  policies  and  procedures  and  staff  education  can  reduce  the  risk  of  device-related  infections.Rates  of  antibiotic  resistance  are  improving,  and  its  containment  and  prevention  require  a  multifactorial  approach,  including  adequate  hand  hygiene,  surveillance  for  resistant  pathogens,  enforced  infection  control  precautions,  and  prudent  use  of  antibiotics.Standard  infection  control  precautions  should  be  applied  to  all  ICU  patients.  Precautions  for  contagious  or  epidemiologically  significant  pathogens  are  based  on  modes  of  transmission.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/09/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201798246
ER  -