Impact of a national shortage of sterile ethanol on a home parenteral nutrition practice: A Case series

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-480

  Corrigan, Mandy ^a   Kirby, Donald F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter related sepsis; ethanol lock; home parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENTEROSTOMY; ETHANOL LOCK THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME; RECURRENCE; STERILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862883253     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607111428453     Document Type: Article

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