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Infection Related to Implantable Central Venous Access Devices in Cancer Patients: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

DOI

23

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21

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2013

Year

Maristela Pinheiro Freire, Lı́gia Camera Pierrotti, Antônio Eduardo Zerati, Pedro Henrique Xavier Nabuco de Araújo, Joaquim Maurício da Motta-Leal-Filho, Laiane P. G. Duarte, Karim Yaqub Ibrahim, Antonia A. L. Souza, María P. Diz, Juliana Pereira,
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Abstract

Establishing a multidisciplinary team specifically focused on CVAD care, together with systematic reporting of infections, appears to reduce the rates of infection related to the use of these devices.

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