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A vascular access and midlines program can decrease hospital-acquired central line-associated bloodstream infections and cost to a community-based hospital

BACKGROUND: We propose that substituting central lines with midlines can help reduce the total number of central line catheter-days as well as central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), thereby reducing the associated costs and the resulting increased length of stay. A midline or vasc...

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Autores principales: Pathak, Rahul, Gangina, Sumalatha, Jairam, Falina, Hinton, Kimberly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174427
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S171748