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Incidence of peripheral intravenous catheter failure among inpatients: variability between microbiological data and clinical signs and symptoms

BACKGROUND: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are the most widely used invasive devices among inpatients. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) are serious yet preventable events for patients. Although the contribution of PIVCs towards these infections is gradually being recognised,...

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Autores principales: Blanco-Mavillard, Ian, Rodríguez-Calero, Miguel Ángel, de Pedro-Gómez, Joan, Parra-García, Gaizka, Fernández-Fernández, Ismael, Castro-Sánchez, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6647274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0581-8