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A simple and easy in vitro model to test the efficacy of IV lines' needleless connectors against contamination

BACKGROUND: Hub colonization after manipulation is responsible for 29% to 60% of catheter-related bloodstream infections (C-RBSI). Prevention can be achieved by the use of hub connectors, but its efficacy is generally based on instillation of high concentrations of microorganisms, which do not refle...

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Autores principales: Guembe, María, Pérez-Granda, María Jesús, Alcalá, Luis, Martín-Rabadán, Pablo, Bouza, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26266924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40635-014-0027-9