Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) issue updated steps or guidelines to eliminate bloodstream infection in patients with intravenous catheters.
The document, titled “Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections” will be published in its entirety in a special supplement to the American Journal of Infection Control. The Journal will also present a video roundtable that features perspectives of healthcare professionals on the impact of this new guideline on infection prevention practices.

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