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SUBMITTER: Casimero C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7554993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casimero Charnete C Ruddock Todd T Hegarty Catherine C Barber Robert R Devine Amy A Davis James J
Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) 20200826 9
Catheter related blood stream infection is an ever present hazard for those patients requiring venous access and particularly for those requiring long term medication. The implementation of more rigorous care bundles and greater adherence to aseptic techniques have yielded substantial reductions in infection rates but the latter is still far from acceptable and continues to place a heavy burden on patients and healthcare providers. While advances in engineering design and the arrival of function ...[more]