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Peripheral arterial catheter colonization in cardiac surgical patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2018

Andrew T. Levinson ,
Kimberle C. Chapin Open the ORCID record for Kimberle C. Chapin [Opens in a new window] ,
Lindsay LeBlanc Open the ORCID record for Lindsay LeBlanc [Opens in a new window]  and
Leonard A. Mermel Open the ORCID record for Leonard A. Mermel [Opens in a new window]
Andrew T. Levinson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Kimberle C. Chapin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Lindsay LeBlanc
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Leonard A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Leonard Mermel, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903. E-mail: lmermel@lifespan.org
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 8 , August 2018 , pp. 1008 - 1009
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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