Preventing central venous catheter-related infection in a surgical intensive-care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 618-620

  Bijma, Rens ^a   Girbes, Armand R ^a   Kleijer, Dick J ^a   Zwaveling, Jan H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033194881     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501682     Document Type: Article

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