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Care bundle for the prevention of peripheral venous catheter blood stream infections at a secondary care and results

Publicated to:Infection, Disease And Health. 28 (3): 159-167 - 2023-08-01 28(3), DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2023.02.001

Authors: Maura, YL; Figuerola, MLB; Moreno, MJR; Garvi, VL; Felsner, EES; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, A; Almendral, A; Limon, E; Fusté, E

Affiliations

Hlth Res Inst Balear Isl IdISBa, Palma De Mallorca, Spain - Author
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Islands IdISBa, Sepsis Res Grp, Balearic Islands, Spain - Author
Inst Carlos III, CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Oncol, VINCat Nosocomial Infect Surveillance Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Son Llatzer Univ Hosp, Balearic Islands, Spain - Author
Son Llatzer Univ Hosp, Hlth Res Inst Balearic Islands IdISBa, Internal Med Dept, Spain Res Grp Infect Dis & HIV, Balearic Islands, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Pathol & Expt Therapeut, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Publ Hlth Maternal & Child Hlth Nursing, Dept Pathol & Expt Therapeut IDIBELL, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Publ Hlth Mental Hlth & Maternal & Child Hlth, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, IDIBELL, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain - Author
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Keywords

AccessAgedAntisepsisArticleBacteremiaCalculationCare bundleCatheter careCatheter infectionCathetersChlorhexidineComparative studyControlled studyEvidence based practiceFemaleHand washingHealth care personnelHospitalHospital patientHospitalsHumanHumansIcuImpactIncidenceInfection preventionInfection rateIntravenous cathetersMajor clinical studyMaleMedical device complicationMultimodal interventionNursing careObservational studyPatient care bundlePatient care bundlesPatient safetyPeripheral venous catheterizationPhlebitisPoint of care testingRetrospective studiesRetrospective studySecondary careSecondary health careSepsisUniversity hospitalVascular access

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Infection, Disease And Health due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nursing (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 6.51, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-27, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 8

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 105.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 105 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 12.18.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 8 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.