TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pérez Granda, María Jesús
AU  - Guembe, María
AU  - Cruces, Raquel
AU  - Barrio, José María
AU  - Bouza Santiago, Emilio
PY  - 2016
DO  - 10.1186/s13054-016-1201-0
SN  - 1364-8535
SN  - 1466-609X
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120363
T2  - Critical Care
AB  - BackgroundCulture of catheter hubs and skin surrounding the catheter entry site has a negative predictive value for catheter tip colonization. However, manipulation of the hub for culture requires the hubs to be swabbed, introducing potential...
LA  - eng
M2  - 1
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd
KW  - Central venous catheters
KW  - Surveillance
KW  - Skin cultures
KW  - Closed needleless connectors
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Catheter-related bloodstream infection
TI  - Assessment of central venous catheter colonization using surveillance culture of withdrawn connectors and insertion site skin
TY  - journal article
VL  - 20
ER  -