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Risk factors and lethality of laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection caused by non-skin contaminant pathogens in neonates

Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli, Lêni Márcia Anchieta, Maria Vitória Assumpção Mourão, Flávia Alves Campos, Flavia C. Loyola, Paulo Henrique Orlandi Mourão, Guilherme Augusto Armond, Wanessa T. Clemente, Maria Cândida Ferrarez Bouzada

Jornal de Pediatria · 2013 · 35 citations · 24 references

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Surgical procedures and CVC usage were significant risk factors for LCBI. Therefore, prevention practices for safe surgery and CVC insertion and manipulation are essential to reduce these infections, in addition to training and continuing education to surgical and assistance teams.

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