Safety of peripheral intravenous catheters in children

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 736-740

  Shimandle, Ruth B ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^b   Baker, Mark ^c   Stotland, Naomi ^c   Karrison, Theodore ^b   Arnow, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033227989     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501574     Document Type: Article

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