Device & Procedure-Associated Conditions
Modern healthcare employs many types of invasive devices to help patients recover. Such devices bypass patients' natural defenses against invading micro-organisms. Therefore, use of these devices has been linked to infections of the lung, bloodstream, and urinary tract. Similarly, surgical treatment may place a patient at risk of acquiring infection at the surgical site. Guidelines for preventing infections associated with devices and procedures are available.
On this page:
- Conditions
- Data Collection & Statistical Systems (Surveillance)
- Studies
Conditions
The following are Device & Procedure-associated conditions that patients may encounter within a healthcare setting:
- Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Dialysis Patient Safety
- Foot spa & hot tub associated infections
- Intravascular Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections
- Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
- Tissue Transplant Safety - FAQs
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Data Collection & Analysis (Surveillance)
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
NHSN is a voluntary, secure, internet-based surveillance system managed by CDC - Dialysis Surveillance
Publications and general information about dialysis surveillance - S.E.A.R.C.H. - Surveillance
of Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Connected
to Healthcare
What SEARCH is and how to participate
Studies
These resources may be of use to healthcare professionals.
- ICARE - Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology
Cooperative Study on the Magnitude & Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals, with a Focus on ICU's - BaCon Study – Bacterial Contamination
of Blood
Results and forms from the BaCon Study
Date last modified: Nov 4, 2009
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases