Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion

Abstract Introduction Little is known about the bloodstream infection (BSI) risk associated with short-term peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) and no large study investigated the insertion site-related risk for PVC-BSI. Methods We performed a cohort study at the University of Geneva Hospitals using...

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Main Authors: Niccolò Buetti, Mohamed Abbas, Didier Pittet, Marie-Noëlle Chraiti, Valérie Sauvan, Marlieke E. A. De Kraker, Matthieu Boisson, Daniel Teixeira, Walter Zingg, Stephan Harbarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01117-8