Angiographic catheter reuse at the Hemodynamic Department of a public hospital in Chile;Reutilización de catéteres de angiografía en una Unidad de Hemodinamia de un hospital del sector público-Chile

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Scherson B , Andrés ^a   Dighero T , Humberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Angiographic catheter; Angiography; Non systemic infections; Pyrogenic reactions; Reuse; Temporary bacteremia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECYCLING; STATISTICS; TIME;

CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645824099     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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