Intravascular catheter-associated infections

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 444-456

  Widmer, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

CATHETER INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MORTALITY; PHLEBITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030898459     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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