A central venous catheter coated with benzalkonium chloride for the prevention of catheter-related microbial colonization

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 680-687

  Moss, H A ^a   Tebbs, S E ^a   Faroqui, M H ^a   Herbst, T ^a   Isaac, J L ^a   Brown, J ^a   Elliott, T S J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANTI INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS; INFECTION, sepsis, septicaemia; LOCAL, benzalkonium compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYURETHANES; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033768368     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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