Habit and the hub

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1583-1584

  Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Gauvin, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Central venous; Critical care; Cross infection; Hospital acquired infection; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CROSS INFECTION; EDITORIAL; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038242371     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000026328.07469.1A     Document Type: Editorial

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