Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access port

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-70

  Maragakis, Lisa L ^a,b   Bradley, Karen L ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Beers, Claire ^a   Miller, Marlene R ^b,c   Cosgrove, Sara E ^a,b   Perl, Irish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SEPSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PRESSURE; SEPSIS;

EID: 33646448759     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499166     Document Type: Article

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