Bloodstream infection associated with needleless device use and the importance of infection-control practices in the home health care setting

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 442-448

  Do, Ann N ^b   Ray, Beverly J ^b   Banerjee, Shailen N ^b   Illian, Alice F ^b   Barnett, Ben J ^b   Pham, Marianne H ^b   Hendricks, Kate A ^b   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033010237     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314592     Document Type: Article

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