It's all about dwell time reduce it and infection rates decrease?

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 820-821

  Richter, Juli M ^a,c   Brilli, Richard J ^b,c  

^a Neonatal Services   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950587900     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0233     Document Type: Note

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