Incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection among patients with a needleless, mechanical valve-based intravenous connector in an Australian hematology-oncology unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 610-613

  Field, Kathryn ^a   McFarlane, Caroline ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a   Hughes, Andrew J ^a   Jacobs, Elly ^a   Styles, Kaylene ^a   Low, Julian ^a   Stow, Peter ^a   Campbell, Philip ^a   Athan, Eugene ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SEPSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34249284094     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516660     Document Type: Article

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