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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 610-613Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/516660
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There are few Australian data on the incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infection ( BSI) among patients in hematology-oncology units. We found an increase in catheter-associated BSI rates coincident with the introduction of a mechanical valve connector (2.6 infections vs 5.8 infections per 1,000 catheter-days; incidence rate ratio, 2.2; P =.031).
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