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A simple, effective and safe method for central venous catheter replacement
1Department of Surgery, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
With the possible exception of pulmonary artery catheters, central venous catheters (CVCs) have the highest rates of infection of all intravascular catheters, accounting for up to 90% of all vascular catheter-related bloodstream infections. The frequency of CVC-related infections is between 10-30%.