Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Nov 1998
Risk of infection due to central venous catheters: effect of site of placement and catheter type.
To determine the influence of catheter site and type (single- vs triple-lumen) on infection rates associated with central venous catheterization. ⋯ Our data support an association between intravenous catheter contamination and insertion at a femoral site.