Peripheral intravenous catheter-associated staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: More than 5 years of prospective data from two tertiary health services

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 551-553

  Stuart, Rhonda L ^a,b   Cameron, Donna R ^c   Scott, Carmel ^a,d   Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Grayson, M Lindsay ^c,e   Korman, Tony M ^a,b   Gillespie, Elizabeth E ^d   Johnson, Paul D ^c,e  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878598966     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11699     Document Type: Article

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