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Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters to Prevent Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Goes-Silva ,
T. F. Abreu ,
A. C. C. Frota ,
C. L. Pessoa-Silva ,
A. J. L. A. Cunha  and
C. B. Hofer
E. Goes-Silva
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagāo Gesteira, Universidade Federai do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
T. F. Abreu
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagāo Gesteira, Universidade Federai do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A. C. C. Frota
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagāo Gesteira, Universidade Federai do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
C. L. Pessoa-Silva
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
A. J. L. A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagāo Gesteira, Universidade Federai do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
C. B. Hofer*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagāo Gesteira, Universidade Federai do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Rua Lopes Quintas, 340/106-Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil22460-010 (cbhofer@hucff.ufrj.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1024 - 1026
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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