Risk of infection due to central venous catheters: Effect of site of placement and catheter type

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 842-845

  Goetz, Angella M ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Miller, Jean M ^a   Muder, Robert R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032197129     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141562     Document Type: Article

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