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Spiking of intravenous bags does not cause time-dependent microbial contamination: a preliminary report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2018

John G. Brock-Utne ,
Sara C. Smith ,
Niaz Banaei ,
Shao-Ching Chang ,
Diane Alejandro-Harper  and
Richard A. Jaffe
John G. Brock-Utne*
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Sara C. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Niaz Banaei
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Shao-Ching Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Diane Alejandro-Harper
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Richard A. Jaffe
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
*
Address for correspondence: John G Brock-Utne MD, PhD, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3580, Stanford, CA 94305-5640. E-mail: brockutn@stanford.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 9 , September 2018 , pp. 1129 - 1130
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Brock-Utne JG, et al. (2018). Spiking of intravenous bags does not cause time-dependent microbial contamination: a preliminary report. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39, 1129–1130. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.143

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