An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
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- 28 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 355 (26), 2725-2732
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa061115
Abstract
Catheter-related bloodstream infections occurring in the intensive care unit (ICU) are common, costly, and potentially lethal.Keywords
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