Central venous catheters revisited - Infection rates and an assessment of the new fibrin analysing system brush

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-333

  Van Heerden, P V ^a   Webb, S A R ^a   Fong, S ^a   Golledge, C L ^a   Roberts, B L ^a   Thompson, W R ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Intensive Care ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment, infection: venous catheters, central

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FIBRIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029941740     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400305     Document Type: Article

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