Efficacy of subcutaneous silver-impregnated cuffs in preventing central venous catheter infections

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Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1030-1032

  Hasaniya, Nahidh W M A ^a   Angelis, Michael ^a   Brown, Michael R ^a   Yu, Mihae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

central venous catheter infections; sepsis; subcutaneous cuffs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CUFF; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILVER IMPREGNATION;

EID: 0029924031     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1030     Document Type: Article

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