Assessment of peripheral arterial catheters as a source of sepsis in the critically ill: A narrative review

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Gowardman, J R ^a,b,c   Lipman, J ^b   Rickard, C M ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial catheter; Bloodstream infection; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Critical illness; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTERY CATHETER; ASEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 77951269744     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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