Peter Attia· MD
use a full length drape wash your hands extensively use sterile technique wear a mask and face shield and so we saw this protocol rigidly adhered to an a dramatic reduction in central line infections
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use a full length drape wash your hands extensively use sterile technique wear a mask and face shield and so we saw this protocol rigidly adhered to an a dramatic reduction in central line infections
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in 2006 our friend peter pronovost who was at johns hopkins tackled one form of preventable adverse events which were central line infections and basically we had known for a long time there was a protocol that if you use it reduces the risk of infecting the central line