Adherence to central venous catheter maintenance bundle in an intensive care unit.

Objective: To check adherence to the Central Venous Catheter maintenance bundle in an Intensive Care Unit, after an educational intervention to the professionals who provide care to patients using this catheter.

Method: Descriptive-exploratory study, carried out in two stages: stage 1 - educational intervention and stage 2 - verification/observation of adherence. Data were organized in the Microsoft Excel® and analyzed through the Stata®.