Bundle Approach to Reduce Bloodstream Infections in Neutropenic Hematologic Patients with a Long-Term Central Venous Catheter.

Introduction: The objective of the study was to reduce, by a bundle of interventions, the global bloodstream infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections rates in neutropenic hematology patients with a long-term central venous catheter.

Material And Methods: This was a non-randomized prospective study. It was conducted in a 20-bed hematology oncology unit (Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal) between 1st of August 2010 and 31st of January 2012.