A retrospective study to determine whether accessing frequency affects the incidence of microbial colonisation in peripheral arterial catheters

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 678-684

  Koh, D B C ^a   Robertson, I K ^a   Watts, M ^a   Davies, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial access; Arterial lines; Hub colonisation; Intensive care; Peripheral arterial catheterisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956633927     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800410     Document Type: Article

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