Knowledge, attitudes, and practice on the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections among nurses in oncological care: A cross-sectional study in an area of southern Italy

Maria Rosaria Esposito; Assunta Guillari; Italo Francesco Angelillo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180473

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practice on the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections among nurses in oncological care: A cross-sectional study in an area of southern Italy

Maria Rosaria Esposito,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Istituto Nazionale Tumori, “Fondazione G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy
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Assunta Guillari,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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Italo Francesco Angelillo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: italof.angelillo@unicampania.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1213-6602

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practice on the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections among nurses in oncological care: A cross-sectional study in an area of southern Italy

Maria Rosaria Esposito,
Assunta Guillari,
Italo Francesco Angelillo

Published: June 30, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180473

About the Authors

Maria Rosaria Esposito

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Istituto Nazionale Tumori, “Fondazione G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Assunta Guillari

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Italo Francesco Angelillo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: italof.angelillo@unicampania.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1213-6602

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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