TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pérez Granda, María Jesús
AU  - Guembe, María
AU  - Cruces, Raquel
AU  - Bouza Santiago, Emilio
PY  - 2016
DO  - 10.1186/s13054-016-1334-1
SN  - 1364-8535
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120428
T2  - Critical Care
AB  - BackgroundSuperficial culture has a high negative predictive value in the assessment of catheter tip colonization (CC) and catheter-related bloodstream infection (C-RBSI). However, the process of hub culture requires the hubs to be swabbed, and this...
LA  - eng
M2  - 1
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd
KW  - Needleless connectors
KW  - Flushing
KW  - Superficial culture
KW  - Hub culture
KW  - Catheter colonization
KW  - Catheter-related bloodstream infection
TI  - Vascular catheter colonization: surveillance based on culture of needleless connectors
TY  - journal article
VL  - 20
ER  -