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Surveillance System of Hemodialysis-Associated Infections in a Pediatric Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carolina Sucupira ,
Marcelo Luiz Abramczyk ,
João Tomas de Abreu Carvalhaes  and
Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto
Carolina Sucupira*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
Marcelo Luiz Abramczyk
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
João Tomas de Abreu Carvalhaes
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
*
1949 apartamento 62, 01258–001 São Paulo, Brazil (carusucupira@gmail.com)
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Abstract

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The bloodstream infection surveillance system proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was prospectively conducted in a pediatric hemodialysis unit. Thirty patients were included; 73% had a catheter for vascular access at enrollment. Vascular access infection rate was 21.1 per 100 patient-months, well above those observed in adult patient surveys. Staphylococcus aureus was most frequently isolated (23%).

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , May 2012 , pp. 521 - 523
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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