Ethanol Causes Protein Precipitation—New Safety Issues for Catheter Locking Techniques

OBJECTIVE: The ethanol lock technique has shown great potential to eradicate organisms in biofilms and to treat or prevent central venous catheter related infections. Following instillation of ethanol lock solution, however, the inherent density gradient between blood and ethanol causes gravity indu...

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Autores principales: Schilcher, Gernot, Schlagenhauf, Axel, Schneditz, Daniel, Scharnagl, Hubert, Ribitsch, Werner, Krause, Robert, Rosenkranz, Alexander R., Stojakovic, Tatjana, Horina, Joerg H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084869

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084869

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