Successful disinfection of needleless access ports: A matter of time and friction

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-142

  Kaler, Wendy ^b   Chinn, Raymond ^a  

^a SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 34648830564     PISSN: 15528855     EISSN: 15571289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2309/java.12-3-9     Document Type: Article

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