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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12530/26388| Title: | Vascular catheter colonization: surveillance based on culture of needleless connectors. | |
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| Issue Date: | 28-May-2016 | |
| Citation: | Crit Care.2016 May;(20)1:166 | |
| Abstract: | Superficial culture has a high negative predictive value in the assessment of catheter tip colonization (CC) and catheter-related bloodstream infection (C-RBSI). However, the process of hub culture requires the hubs to be swabbed, and this carries a risk of dislodging the biofilm. At present, most catheter hubs are closed by needleless connectors (NCs) that are periodically replaced. Our objective was to compare the yield of SC (skin + hub culture) with that of skin + NC culture in the assessment of CC and C-RBSI. | |
| PMID: | 27234944 | |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12530/26388 | |
| Rights: | openAccess | |
| Appears in Collections: | Fundaciones e Institutos de Investigación > IIS H. General U. Gregorio Marañón > Artículos | |
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