L A Mermel, B M Farr, R J Sherertz, I I Raad, N O'Grady, J S Harris, D E Craven
These guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American College of Critical Care Medicine (for the Society of Critical Care Medicine), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America contain recommendations for the management of adults and children with, and diagnosis of infections related to, peripheral and nontunneled central venous catheters (CVCs), pulmonary artery catheters, tunneled central catheters, and implantable devices. The guidelines, written for clinicians, contain IDSA evidence-based recommendations for assessment of the quality and strength of the data...
2001: Journal of Intravenous Nursing: the Official Publication of the Intravenous Nurses Society