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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 67-70Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/499166
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- PHS HHS [UR8/CCU315092] Funding Source: Medline
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The technology of intravenous catheter access ports has evolved from open ports covered by removable caps to more-sophisticated, closed versions containing mechanical valves. We report a significant increase in catheter-related bloodstream infections after the introduction of a new needle-free positive-pressure mechanical valve intravenous access port at our institution.
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