Stopcock lumen contamination does not reflect the full burden of bacterial intravenous tubing contamination: Analysis using a novel injection port

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 734-739

  Muffly, Matthew K ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a   Isaac Tong, Yi Cai ^b   Yeager, Mark P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter related bloodstream infection; hand hygiene; health care associated infection; Intravenous tubing

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; EFFLUENT; TUBE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78049353510     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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